History and Philosophy of Physics

The Anisotropic Space Lattice: A Unified Framework for Neutrino Oscillation and the Charged Lepton Hierarchy

Authors: G. Furne Gouveia
Comments: 4 Pages.

This paper introduces a novel unified model of fundamental physics, positing that spacetime is a dynamic, discrete lattice of "vibrating points." This anisotropic lattice possesses three fundamental stiffness axes, and its excitations give emergent rise to particles and their properties. We demonstrate the power of this paradigm by showing how it provides a mechanical, intuitive origin for two key puzzles of the Standard Model: neutrino oscillation and the charged lepton mass hierarchy. Neutrino oscillation is reinterpreted as a geometric beating effect during propagation in the anisotropic medium, while the electron, muon, and tauon are shown to be a single geometric excitation projected onto increasingly stiffer axes of the lattice, explaining their mass ratios and decay chains. This work establishes the foundation for a series of papers extending this paradigm to cosmology, the matter-antimatter asymmetry, and quantum gravity.
Category: History and Philosophy of Physics