Why c Exists shows that neither the universal constant c nor the gravitational constant G are fundamental axioms of nature. Both arise from a single physical mechanism: the finite reorganisation speed of a frictionless quarkic ether whose pressure and inertial density are fixed by the displaced volume of the 13-quarkbase electron. In this framework, c is the unique luminal resonant mode of the Ψ-field-the only dispersionless, self-coherent solution able to propagate without generating a wake in the ether. Its invariance defines causal structure, relativistic kinematics, and the emergent Minkowski metric. The same basal pressure P 0 that sets this propagation speed also determines the strength of gravitational coupling. By identifying the electron’s rest energy with pure compression energy E e = P 0 V disp and using the experimentally fixed Compton scale to determine V disp , the basal ether pressure satisfies P 0 ∼ 10 24 Pa. Combining this with the observed values of c and G yields a gravitational response coefficient ξκ ∼ 10-19 m-2 , expressing gravity as the extremely weak deformation of the etheric index produced by displaced-volume gradients. Under this interpretation, relativity, electromagnetism, gravity, and cosmic structure become macroscopic manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon: the finite-speed dynamics of a continuous, perfectly coherent pressure medium. The constants c and G are therefore two numerical expressions of one physical entity-the quarkic ether.
Date: Oct 15, 2025
Author: Carlos Omeñaca Prado
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9750-5827
Resource type: Preprint
Publisher: Zenodo
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 International
Related links:
- https://zenodo.org/records/17716518
- https://archive.org/details/why-is-c-universal-constant
- https://www.academia.edu/145245851/Why_c_Exists_And_Ether_Said_Let_There_Be_Light_and_Relativity_