Reactive Substrate Theory Review: Michelson–Morley Null Result and Stellar Aberration

Reactive Substrate Theory Core Equation

(∂2tS − c2∇2S + βS3) = σ(x, t) · FR(C[Ψ])

Explanation: This equation models the continuous elastic substrate S. The left-hand side represents substrate dynamics (time evolution, wave propagation, and nonlinear self-interaction), while the right-hand side represents matter solitons σ(x,t) and informational coupling FR(C[Ψ]).

RST Review: Michelson–Morley Null Result and Stellar Aberration

The lecture “Results of the Michelson–Morley experiment and stellar aberration” highlights two cornerstone observations in modern physics. From the Reactive Substrate Theory (RST) perspective, both results are expected: space is a continuous, elastic Substrate Field (S) that supports light without drag, making “ether wind” signatures vanish while preserving stellar aberration.

Why Ether Wind Detection Fails

  • No drag: The substrate transmits shear waves but does not resist matter, so motion through it produces no measurable “wind.”
  • Elastic Lorentz symmetry: Length contraction and time dilation are elastic responses of the substrate, ensuring isotropy of c for all inertial observers.
  • Unified medium: Matter and light are excitations of the same substrate; relative motion is encoded in tension/phase transformations, not fluid flow past objects.

Aberration as a substrate-consistent effect

  • Tilt of telescopes: Stellar aberration reflects the geometry of reception in a moving frame, not light being “carried” by a medium.
  • No atmospheric drag on starlight: Light propagates as a substrate shear wave, so Earth’s motion doesn’t entrain it; aberration persists cleanly.
  • Coherent with invariance: Aberration coexists with isotropic c because it arises from observer motion, not anisotropic wave speed.

Classical ether vs. RST substrate: experiment outcomes

Experiment Classical Ether Expectation Observed RST Interpretation
Michelson–Morley Directional fringe shifts from ether wind Null result Substrate elasticity enforces isotropy of c; no drag, no wind signature
Stellar aberration Ambiguous if ether drags light Clear annual aberration Reception geometry in a moving frame; light propagates freely as shear waves in S

Light and matter as substrate modes

  • Photons: Transverse shear excitations with speed set by substrate tension (c as a material property of S).
  • Matter: Solitons (σ), stable knots of substrate tension; kinematics arise from elastic phase/tension transformations.
  • Relativity emerges: Contraction and dilation are elastic conservation laws of the medium, not ad hoc fixes.

👉 In short: RST reframes these “ether” results: the substrate is non-dragging and elastic, so ether wind tests are null by design, while stellar aberration naturally persists. This unified medium explains light, matter, and relativistic invariance within one physical framework.

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