General Ether Theory

TL;DR

This paper introduces General Ether Theory, proposing an ether-based model of gravity that reproduces Einstein's principles, predicts alternative astrophysical phenomena, and explores implications for quantum gravity and foundational questions.

Contribution

It formulates a gravity theory based on an ether concept that aligns with Einstein's equivalence principle and offers novel predictions and approaches to quantization.

Findings

Predicts stable frozen stars instead of black holes

Suggests a big bounce replaces the big bang singularity

Proposes a regularization of quantum gravity via atomic ether

Abstract

The paper is an introduction into General Ether Theory (GET). We start with few assumptions about an universal ``ether'' in a Newtonian space-time which fulfils \partial_t \rho + \partial_i (\rho v^i) = 0 \partial_t (\rho v^j) + \partial_i(\rho v^i v^j + p^{ij}) = 0 For an ``effective metric'' $g_{\mu\nu}$ we derive a Lagrangian where the Einstein equivalence principle is fulfilled: L=L_{GR}-(8\pi G)^{-1}(\Upsilon g^{00}-\Xi(g^{11}+g^{22}+g^{33}))\sqrt{-g} We consider predictions (stable frozen stars instead of black holes, big bounce instead of big bang singularity, a dark matter term), quantization (regularization by an atomic ether, superposition of gravitational fields), related methodological questions (covariance, EPR criterion, Bohmian mechanics).