Photon-phonon analogy in a superfluid vacuum.

Marco Fedi (1)

1 MIUR - Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca

We discuss clues to consider quantum vacuum as a superfluid, probably superfluid dark energy, in which we analyze a photon-phonon analogy. The discussion is structured in four parts: (a) shared features and behavior photon-phonon; (b) phonons in fluids and their role in expressing energy, along with the transient solid-like (quasi-lattice) structure arising in fluids and superfluids during relaxation time; (c) Gremaud's analogy of Maxwell's equations in a lattice; (d) Lorentz factor as the rheogram of dark energy and a possible basis for a quantum interpretation of special relativity.

Mots clés: Photon; Phonon; Superfluid vacuum; Dark energy theory; Light propagation; Maxwell equations; photon-phonon analogy; Special relativity theory; Ether theory

Domaines: Physique Quantique [quant-ph]; Relativité Générale et Cosmologie Quantique [gr-qc]

Marco Fedi. Photon-phonon analogy in a superfluid vacuum. . 2017. ⟨hal-01532718v1⟩