the aether (1 Viewer)

[homijoe]

hey guys i just wanted to ask a quick question...a property of the hypothetical aether was that it has to be very elastic to allow the propagation of light..why does it have to be elastic? for wat wave property does this feature accomdate?

thanks =)

 

[pman]

if it has no elesticity the individual particles cannot move, it must be very elastic because its perfectly rigid! mechanical waves mate

 

[homijoe]

sweeet...thanks dude (Y)

 

[Prashant Sallan]

how many properties should we know? can someone one give a few examples

 

[MrMMMan]

speed of light is very high so elasticity must be high to transfer energy

 

[pman]

perfectly elastic, perfectly permeable, perfectly rigid, invisible etc

 

[homijoe]

also its low in density