Unifying Theory of Dynamic Aether Mechanics

A seven-paper series presenting a unified physical framework in which a single dynamic medium — a quantum superfluid ("Aether") — with three free parameters (ambient density ρA, quantum mass mA, and asymmetry fraction ε) produces all four fundamental forces, special and general relativity, quantum mechanics, and cosmology. The framework identifies the electric field as the medium's flow velocity and the magnetic field as its vorticity, with electromagnetic forces arising from Bernoulli pressure in the incompressible-flow limit. Gravity emerges as the residual asymmetry of a transient bind–unbind cycle at every atom. The strong force is the elastic energy of compressed medium bridges connecting quark vortex endpoints. The weak force is a vortex topology transition. All four forces are aspects of two processes in a single medium: flow and binding. Key quantitative results derived without fitted parameters include: the Lorentz factor from geometric path-length effects; mass–energy equivalence from compression wave energy; the full general-relativistic gravitational lensing angle from the acoustic metric; the GP-B frame-dragging precession rate; the Lüscher quantum correction to the confining potential; the hydrogen energy spectrum; and the Pauli exclusion principle from topological vortex stability. The five classical experiments historically regarded as disproving aether theories (Michelson–Morley, Kennedy–Thorndike, Sagnac, stellar aberration, and Fizeau) are all quantitatively predicted. At cosmological scales, the medium's two-fluid thermal structure explains dark energy as void thermal pressure (consistent with DESI evidence for evolving dark energy), dark matter as a first-sound speed correction from the varying normal fraction, and provides a quantitative resolution of the Hubble tension through environment-dependent expansion. The vacuum catastrophe is resolved by identifying the QFT vacuum energy with the medium's ground-state energy density. All formulas have been independently verified against CODATA/PDG values. The series includes testable predictions distinguishable from standard physics, including quadratic (not linear) Lorentz-violating photon dispersion and environment-dependent gravitational coupling.