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Yunjia
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According to Maxwell's equation, the speed of light, ##C_0 = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\epsilon_0\mu_0}}##, is a constant regarding to some form of medium, called luminiferous aether. Shortly after the death of Maxwell, Michelson-Morley Experiment shows that the speed of light is constant regarding to the Earth. However, this experiment did not necessarily prove that aether does not exist. It was still possible, as some scientists stated at that time, that aether might be dragged by and attached with the earth.
Einstein, in his paper On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, claimed that the existence of aether was unnecessary. However, his work is inadequate to prove that aether does not exist.
Regardless of the profound consistency of Einstein's Relativity with the reality, is there any experiment proving that aether does not exist?
Einstein, in his paper On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, claimed that the existence of aether was unnecessary. However, his work is inadequate to prove that aether does not exist.
Regardless of the profound consistency of Einstein's Relativity with the reality, is there any experiment proving that aether does not exist?