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Aether as a superfluid state of particle-antiparticle pairs

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A new model for the aether is suggested according to which it is a superfluid state of fermion and antifermion pairs, describable by a macroscopic wave function. The vacuum state of this superfluid pervades the entire universe and may account for the missing matter. The visible matter in the universe appears as excitations from the underlying superfluid vacuum.

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  1. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

    K. P. Sinha, C. Sivaram & E. C. G. Sudarshan

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Sinha, K.P., Sivaram, C. & Sudarshan, E.C.G. Aether as a superfluid state of particle-antiparticle pairs. Found Phys 6, 65–70 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00708664

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