Volume 23: Pages 634-640, 2010

The empirical background behind relativity

John-Erik Persson ¹

¹Fastlagsvägen 2, S-12648 Hägersten, Sweden

The empirical background behind special relativity is analyzed and new interpretations are presented to the most important phenomena. Light is described by waves only. The ether is described by particles only, and the same ether transmits gravity as well as light. The ether provides an absolute reference for light without relativity in light. Relativity exists in the ether due to the entrained ether’s dependency on the distribution of matter. Quantization is limited to the structural energy inside the atoms. No quantization exists in light.

Keywords: Stellar Aberration, Michelson–Morley, Sagnac Effect, Special Relativity, General Relativity, Light Bending

Received: June 6, 2008; Accepted: October 19, 2010; Published Online: November 23, 2010