Abstract

The present author has postulated a 4-dimensional (4D) aether formed by a fluid of preons in continual motion in a 4D-space (w,x,y,z), where the time dimension w is treated exactly the same as the spatial dimensions. By specializing the equation of motion to an inviscid constant density region of 4D moving with speed c along the w-axis, we obtain Maxwell equations and the associated continuity equation. The process of derivation pinpoints physical constraints underlying MEs, and brings out the novel concept of force along the wdimension. Two new terms appear in the equation for electromagnetic force, that might help explain recent experimental observations of excess energy.