EXPERIMENTS — OVERVIEW (Revised v1.0)

How classical and modern experiments reveal a physical field medium

For over 150 years, physicists have built experiments to understand space, time, light and gravity.
The data is precise — yet interpretations often rely on abstract geometry or mathematical fields with no physical substance.

The Field Medium (FM) model ties these results together with one simple idea:

Space is a real, elastic medium that can compress, stretch, store tension, form vortices and carry waves and pulses.

Once this is assumed, the major experimental results of modern physics become mechanical, intuitive and unified.

WHAT THESE EXPERIMENTS REVEAL

Across all scales — from tabletop interferometers to astronomical observations — experiments show:

light speed depends on local stiffness and density of the medium
all observers measure c = c because their clocks share the same medium
time dilation = process slowdown in compressed or stretched field
gravity = density/tension gradient, not attraction
moving media (water, rotation) alter wave behavior mechanically
massive bodies modify wave speeds → bending and delay
redshift emerges naturally from long-range field relaxation
rotating masses drag the surrounding medium (torsional flow)
large-scale tension waves can be detected (LIGO)

Together, these results strongly indicate:

Space is not empty — it behaves like a physical field.

EXPERIMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS SECTION

Each experiment receives its own dedicated page with:

short explanation
mainstream interpretation
FM interpretation (mechanical explanation)
diagrams
a downloadable PDF
(later) a simplified YouTube explainer

Michelson–Morley (1887)

Null result because light, equipment and the surrounding field co-move.
No “aether wind” exists if the medium is elastic and locally carried with matter.

Sagnac Effect

Rotation produces real torsion in the field, changing pulse travel times.
Perfect agreement with FM's rotating medium.

Shapiro Delay

Light slowed near massive bodies because density and tension increase in the field.

Gravitational Bending of Light

Wave-speed gradients steer tension pulses.
No geometric curvature required.

Atomic Clock Experiments

Clock signals slow because internal vortex-resonances slow in compressed field.

Gravitational Redshift

A tension pulse (photon) loses frequency while climbing out of a dense region of the medium.

Muon Lifetime Experiments

Moving muons experience field compression → their internal process rate slows → longer lifetime.

Cosmological Redshift

Long-range field relaxation reduces tension over time, lowering frequency without requiring expanding space.

LIGO Gravitational Waves

Detected signals = large-scale tension waves moving through the medium.
Not geometric ripples, but physical distortions in FM.

Frame Dragging

Rotating masses twist the surrounding medium — matching FM's torsional flow predictions.

Predictions (Not Yet Tested)

FM provides new testable predictions about:

anisotropies in field density
medium flow near rotating bodies
pulse deformation in strong gradients
local differences in c_local under controlled compression

These will appear on the upcoming “Predictions” page.

WHY THIS SECTION MATTERS

Mainstream physics often explains experimental data using:

spacetime geometry
“fields” without physical substance
renormalization and parameter tuning
effective mathematical theories

But FM provides the missing mechanistic foundation.

With a real medium:

waves slow in denser regions
clocks slow because processes slow
light bends because wave speed changes
tension pulses lose frequency climbing out of compression
orbits follow field flow
torsion follows rotation

Nothing remains mysterious once the medium is real.