A vacuum medium model is advanced. The motion of a relativistic particle in relation to its interaction with the medium is discussed. It is predicted that elementary excitations of the vacuum, called ”inertons,” should exist. The equations of the particle path in Euclidean space are derived. The motion is marked by the basic quantum mechanical relations E = hν and Mv0 = h/λ (here, λ is the ampl...

A vacuum medium model is advanced. The motion of a relativistic particle in relation to its interaction with the medium is discussed. It is predicted that elementary excitations of the vacuum, called ”inertons,” should exist. The equations of the particle path in Euclidean space are derived. The motion is marked by the basic quantum mechanical relations E = hν and Mv0 = h/λ (here, λ is the ampl...

A vacuum medium model is advanced. The motion of a relativistic particle in relation to its interaction with the medium is discussed. It is predicted that elementary excitations of the vacuum, called ”inertons,” should exist. The equations of the particle path in Euclidean space are derived. The motion is marked by the basic quantum mechanical relations E = hν and Mv0 = h/λ (here, λ is the ampl...

A pedagogical introduction is given to attempts to formulate a more fundamental theory of elementary particles than that provided by the standard model. After a review of the basic elements of the standard model, its unsatisfactory features, and ideas to modify them will be discussed. An introduction to Technicolour, t-quark condensates, supersymmetric models, GUT's and a brief comment on compo...

The discovery of anomalous behavior in data collected at high energy physics experiments could provide non-SUSY and non-Higgs explanations to questions associated with the Standard Model and provide deeper understanding to the fundamental particles and interactions in nature. Such questions include whether quarks and leptons are composite particles, the existence of extra dimensions, and the an...

We report on the status of our search for quasi-topological solitons of various dimensions in realistic field theoretical models of condensed matter and of elementary particle physics.