  Previously, one of the authors has suggested [Phys. Essays, vol. 6, 554
(1993); vol. 10, 407 (1997)] a mechanism of the particle motion within the
framework of a vacuum regarded as an original cellular medium, i.e. quantum
aether. The existence of special elementary excitations of the aether medium --
inertons -- around the particle has been the main peculiarity of that
mechanism. The present paper treats the impact of inertons on the collective
behaviour of atoms in a solid. It is shown that inertons should contribute to
the effective potential of interaction of atoms in the crystal lattice. The
possibility of separating this inerton contribution from the value of the atom
vibration amplitude is analysed. The experiment which assumes the presence of
the hypothetical inerton field is performed. The expected changes in the
structure of the test specimens caused by this field are in fact convincingly
fixed in micrographs.
