In physics the Einstein-aether theory, also called aetheory, is the name coined in 2004 for a modification of general relativity that has a preferred reference...

In the history of physics, Aether theories (or ether theories) proposed the existence of a medium, a space-filling substance or field as a transmission...

luminiferous aether, rather than a spatial vacuum, provided the theoretical medium that was required by wave theories of light. The aether hypothesis was...

aether for the transmission of these forces. Einstein noted that his own model which replaced these theories could itself be thought of as an aether,...

indistinguishable from the aether theory of Lorentz and Poincaré, since both theories satisfy the relativity principle of Poincaré and Einstein, and both employ...

The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed...

ether theory (LET) has its roots in Hendrik Lorentz's "theory of electrons", which marked the end of the development of the classical aether theories at...

A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity is any of three books written by British mathematician Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker FRS FRSE on the...

century, the theory of the luminiferous aether as the hypothetical medium for the propagation of light waves was widely discussed. The aether hypothesis...

special relativity, which rules out motion against an aether. Of this experiment, Albert Einstein wrote, "If the Michelson–Morley experiment had not brought...

but he argues that this aether is perfectly undetectable. 1905 – Albert Einstein publishes an observationally equivalent theory, but complete with a derivation...

Michelson–Morley experiment on Earth's drift through a luminiferous aether. Conversely, Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric...

special theory of relativity, or special relativity for short, is a scientific theory of the relationship between space and time. In Albert Einstein's 1905...

named after Albert Einstein. Bose–Einstein condensate Bose–Einstein correlations Bose–Einstein statistics Einstein aether theory Einstein's equivalence principle...

most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His...

theory of relativity ("SR"), Einstein's previous (1905) theory of inertial physics and light, a distillation of the relationships of Lorentz aether theory...

conductor problem, the negative aether drift experiments, as well as the Fizeau experiment, led Albert Einstein to develop the theory of special relativity in...

electromagnetic theory and electrodynamics, during the 19th century the wave theory of light as a disturbance of a "light medium" or luminiferous aether was widely...

History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity. Vol. 1. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-26126-3. OCLC 20357018. "Did Einstein discover E =...

thought experiment being at all incompatible with aether theories (which it is not), the youthful Einstein appears to have reacted to the scenario out of...

equivalence principle. A number of alternative theories, such as Brans–Dicke theory and the Einstein-aether theory add additional fields. Some of the tests...

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was a renowned theoretical physicist of the 20th century, best known for his special and general theories of relativity. He...

Albert Einstein presented the theories of special relativity and general relativity in publications that either contained no formal references to previous...

superseded by Newton's laws of motion Luminiferous aether theory Static Universe theory Steady state theory, a model developed by Hermann Bondi, Thomas Gold...

formulation of Newton's law of gravity. This was superseded by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity in the early 20th century. Greek philosopher Aristotle...

in quantum field theory is filled with virtual particles. The quantum vacuum is often viewed as a modern version of an aether theory. Some would consider...

his later papers, Einstein identified the term aether with "properties of space", a terminology that is not widely used. Einstein stated that in general...

electromagnetic field. By omitting from special relativity the luminiferous aether, Einstein stated that time dilation and length contraction measured in an object...

relativity. In theories that presume that light travels at a fixed speed relative to an unmodifiable and detectable luminiferous aether, a preferred frame...

the idea of a luminiferous aether—one of the leading theoretical entities in physics at the time—was superfluous. (Einstein 1905c) In his paper on mass–energy...