OXYGEN AS PHYSICAL ETHER — Structural Continuity Across Molecular Phases

This Research Note extends The Oxygen Octave by formalizing the hypothesis that oxygen functions as a physical ether in a modern scientific sense: a substrate that preserves vibrational and geometric coherence across molecular phase transitions. Using IR spectroscopy data (NIST), molecular geometry, and coherence-time literature, the document argues that oxygen uniquely maintains structural continuity through its transformations between O₂, O₃, H₂O, OH⁻, and clustered forms. This suggests a scale-independent coherence mechanism relevant to molecular physics, thermodynamics, resonant cavities, and biological redox systems.

This document establishes conceptual priority and defines a minimal theoretical framework for future experimental and computational testing.

Keywords 
oxygen coherence; phase transitions; physical ether; vibrational modes; molecular geometry; O₃ bending mode; thermal resonance; Oxygen Octave; structural continuity; coherence substrate