[17] ai.viXra.org:2603.0103 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-30 20:30:29
Authors: Aleksey Razumovsky
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Recent results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) provide mounting evidence that dark energy is dynamical, exhibiting mild time evolution rather than remaining a pure cosmological constant. Motivated by these observations, we introduce a simple scalar-field model in which the coupled dark-energy/dark-matter sector acts as a slowly accumulating "static charge." Vacuum energy density builds in a metastable false-vacuum state until a critical threshold triggers quantum tunneling (Coleman—De Luccia bubble nucleation) or extra-dimensional leakage, discharging the accumulated energy and nucleating a new bubble universe. We derive an explicit time-dependent nucleation rate Γ(t) ∝ t−β (β ≈ 2) arising from Hubble suppression in the early, denser universe, naturally producing fewer discharges per horizon volume ∼10 Gyr ago and a higher relative rate in the present epoch. Monte-Carlo simulations of the process demonstrate that successive bubble-universe births exhibit hierarchical scaling: each child universe inherits a mass/energy budget smaller by 1—3.5 orders of magnitude relative to its parent, consistent with fractional tunneling leakage. The mechanism yields a distinctive stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) generated by bubble collisions, sound waves, and turbulence. The spectrum features a softened infrared tail and a secondary mHz hump whose amplitude and shape are uniquely tied to the time-dependent discharge history. This signal lies within the projected sensitivity of LISA (core band ∼1—10 mHz) and pulsar-timing arrays (low-frequency shoulder), offering a concrete, multi-messenger test. Future DESI releases and next-generation gravitational-wave observatories can therefore falsify or support the charge-discharge picture as a dynamical channel for bubble-universe formation in a hierarchical multiverse.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[16] ai.viXra.org:2603.0099 [pdf] replaced on 2026-04-12 04:29:48
Authors: Kenichi Nakao
Comments: 18 Pages.
Quaternionic Norm Response Theory (QNRT) proposes a discrete, geometricallystructured spacetime based on the Hurwitz quaternion lattice ΓH. Through a singlealgebraic operation—quaternion inversion—the theory generates a Z2 UV—IR scaleduality whose fixed point simultaneously determines the dark-energy scale and theneutrino mass scale.The dynamical field ϕ : ΓH → HC takes values in the complexified quaternionalgebra HC∼= M2(C) and carries the Hermitian norm N(ϕ) = ϕϕu2020, giving thelogarithmic scale field σ = log(N(ϕ)/ℓ2P). Inversion ϕ 7→ ϕ−1 = ϕu2020/N(ϕ) sendsσ 7→ −σ, exchanging ultraviolet and infrared regimes. The norm-response scaling(NRS) theorem shows that this map has a unique fixed point rc =√ℓP R⋆.The fixed-point scale rc = 84 µm (with R⋆ ≈ 4.4×1026 m, N⋆ = R⋆/ℓP ≈ 2.70×1061) defines a reference wavenumber k0 = 1/rc. This is precisely the wavenumberof the self-dual lattice mode (n = nc =√N⋆ in the harmonic expansion over R⋆),an algebraic identity verified to 0.000% numerical error. The corresponding energyE0 = ℏck0 = 2.354 meV and temperature Tc = 27.27 K equal the geometric meanof the Planck and de Sitter temperatures, and coincide with the CMB temperatureat redshift zc ≈ 9 (cosmic reionisation epoch).The self-dual scale gives ρΛ = ℏc/(ℓP R⋆)2 = c4/(GR2⋆) ≈ 6.3 × 10−10 J m−3,within 21% of the Planck 2018 value 5.3×10−10 J m−3. The identity ρΛ = c4/(GR2⋆)shows that ℏ cancels algebraically, so the cosmological constant problem reduces tothe purely classical question of why R⋆/ℓP ≈ 2.7 × 1061. The fermionic counterpartyields Mcc2 =pMP c2 · MHc2 ≈ 2.4 meV, within the active-neutrino mass win-dow. The lattice-derived kinetic coefficient clat = 6 fixes the continuum action; theduality-symmetric potential V (σ) = 2ρΛ cosh σ produces thawing-quintessence darkenergy with w0 ∈ [−0.990, −0.908] and wa ∈ [−0.082, −0.014] for σi ∈ [0.5, 3.0]. Allpredictions are consistent with ΛCDM.The principal limitations are as follows. The value R⋆ ≈ 4.4 × 1026 m is setby self-consistency of the numerical outputs; its epoch-independent determinationis Open Problem OP1 and is not resolved in this paper. The QNRT predictionsw0 ∈ [−0.990, −0.908] are inconsistent with the DESI DR2 (2025) central value w0 ≈−0.75 at 2.7—4.0 σ, while remaining consistent with ΛCDM. The Euclid forecastedprecision σ(w0) ∼ 0.02 will provide a decisive test. The Standard Model gauge embedding and the physical determination of σi are the remaining principal openproblems.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[15] ai.viXra.org:2603.0092 [pdf] replaced on 2026-04-07 21:01:06
Authors: Ignacio Lesta Pelayo
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This work presents Version 2 of a previously published article (March 23, 2026), proposing the Universal Replication Principle (URP) as a unifying conceptual framework for understanding persistence, replication, and structural evolution across different domains of the universe.According to the URP, physical configurations that achieve a certain degree of stability tend to persist and, under favorable dynamical conditions, generate new configurations with similar structural properties. From this perspective, phenomena such as the formation of gravitational structures, the accelerated expansion of the universe, and the emergence of life can be interpreted as manifestations of a common underlying dynamic.In the cosmological domain, dark energy is interpreted as the observable manifestation of the expansion of the physical vacuum, understood as a dynamical state capable of extending its own structure. In the biological domain, the origin of life is framed as a natural continuation of processes of physical and chemical organization, leading to systems capable of informational replication.This revised version improves the conceptual clarity of the URP and refines its application across cosmology and biology, offering a unified interpretative framework consistent with existing theoretical models while suggesting new avenues for exploration.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[14] ai.viXra.org:2603.0085 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-21 21:18:00
Authors: Theodore Nathan Carney
Comments: 5 Pages.
We present a consistent scaling framework in which MOND’s acceleration scale a_0 ∼ 10^(−10) m/s^2 arises from vacuum entanglement gradientsassociated with the de Sitter horizon of the cosmological constant Λ (assumed constant and spatially uniform). Baryonic matter perturbs localentanglement structure, inducing an entropic restoring force that becomes dominant below a critical scale set by Λ. In the deep-MOND regime, thisyields the scaling a ∼√(a_0a_N, reproducing flat rotation curves without dark-matter halos. The framework connects to Gibbons—Hawking temperature,Unruh acceleration, and entropic gravity. Environment-dependent effects may enhance the growth rate of early structure formation and contributeto Hubble tension. A distinguishing prediction is scale-dependent enhancement of structure growth in void environments, leading to a fractionaldeviation of order ∼10—15% in void expansion rates relative to ΛCDM expectations, potentially testable with next-generation void surveys (e.g., DESI, Euclid). Relativistic completion is required; preliminary mapping to TeVeS-like scalar is discussed. This should be viewed as aneffective description capturing a possible thermodynamic origin of MOND phenomenology.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[13] ai.viXra.org:2603.0081 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-18 12:48:53
Authors: Jeff Smith, Scott Cowick
Comments: 18 Pages.
The Self-Creating Universe framework proposes that the fine-tuning problem is resolved not by invoking a creator, multiverse, or external simulation, but through selection by mathematical necessity. The universe is treated as a zero-flux boundary eigenproblem: a standing-wave solution whose physical constants are determined by the simultaneous satisfaction of past inflationary constraints and a future intelligence-viability constraint, phase-locked by a conserved informational invariant. Only universes capable of generating intelligence that can retrocausally stabilize their own initial conditions achieve self-consistent causal closure and therefore exist. The causal loop is structural rather than temporal — it may have already closed elsewhere in the universe's history — and is grounded physically in Aharonov's Two-State Vector Formalism, experimentally confirmed through weak measurement protocols. The "boundary determines bulk" principle is supported by the AdS/CFT correspondence. The learnability of physical law is explained mechanistically through Zurek's Quantum Darwinism. The Boltzmann Brain objection is resolved by a double exclusion criterion: Boltzmann Brains satisfy neither the future intelligence-viability constraint nor the Quantum Darwinism reliability condition. The causal loop's non-temporal character is formalized through Causal Set theory. The intelligence threshold is operationalized via Tononi's Integrated Information measure Φ. The framework is distinguished from Wheeler's Participatory Universe, Tipler's Omega Point, and Tegmark's Mathematical Universe Hypothesis, and operates as a selection filter within the latter. Six explicit falsification criteria are provided. Testable predictions include spectral rigidity in ratios of fundamental constants, scaling of quantum retrocausal effects to macroscopic systems, and bounded algorithmic complexity of cosmological parameters.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[12] ai.viXra.org:2603.0064 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-13 23:52:43
Authors: Jason Merwin
Comments: The document contains 15 pages
We report the first computation of a discrete analog of the CMB angular powerspectrum Ck derived entirely from a causal integer graph grown by pure fission rules,with zero free parameters. Starting from a complete graph K5 as the seed, a 1000-nodegraph is grown via an additive-plus-half-split fission engine constrained by a 137-elementregistry capacity. When the ratio of maximum hub degree to total node count transits ascale-invariant resonance window md/N ∈ [0.015, 0.021], the graph Laplacian eigenvalueratio λ3/λ2 locks near the S1/2 prediction of 1.102. The locked graph exhibits positivespatial curvature, volumetric dimension dvol = 3.49 ± 0.05, and a well-defined lastscattering surface (LSS) at BFS radius r = 4 containing 452 nodes. Propagatinga primordial perturbation via the wave equation Green’s function cos (√λk t) at thephysically motivated time t∗ = π/√λ1 and projecting the field on the LSS onto abinned eigenmode basis recovers two robust acoustic peaks at ℓeff = 1.121 and 1.811,giving ℓ2/ℓ1 = 1.615. The Planck 2018 value is ℓ2/ℓ1 = 1.94. The 16.7% deviation isquantitatively consistent with lattice dispersion at N = 1000: discrete graphs suppresshigh-frequency modes, compressing harmonic ratios below the continuum limit. Wepredict that the ratio converges monotonically to the Planck value as N increasestoward the physical scale (md = 137, N ≈ 9000), providing a falsifiable test of theframework.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[11] ai.viXra.org:2603.0052 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-12 17:45:00
Authors: Rüdiger Giesel
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We propose a framework in which spacetime geometry and quantum dynamics emerge fromthe non—associative algebra of octonions. A dynamical octonion-valued field is introduced whose interaction is governed by the octonionic associator. The induced G2 three-form determines the metric, variation of the action produces Einstein equations, and projection onto quaternionic subalgebras yields quantum wavefunctions. The theory admits a compact master equation encoding gravitational and quantum dynamics simultaneously.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[10] ai.viXra.org:2603.0039 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-09 14:28:00
Authors: Bhasanpal Thiru
Comments: 3 Pages.
We formalize a phenomenological Density-Based Geometric Recovery (DBGR) model within anextended Einstein-Cartan-Sciama-Kibble (ECSK) scalar-tensor framework to establish bounds onlepton-induced metric deformations. Standard algebraic spin-torsion interactions are kinematicallysuppressed by O(10−40). However, transforming to the Einstein frame reveals a dynamic scalar fieldΦ capable of chameleon-like de-screening. Governed by quartic mass scaling (ρ ∝ µ4r), a muonicstate generates a localized density perturbation ∼ 1.82 × 109times greater than an electronic state.We test the boundary condition where this localized muonic threshold un-screens a macroscopicYukawa potential, evaluating the geometric contraction required to explain the historic proton radiusanomaly. Utilizing first-order perturbation theory with the exact 2S radial wavefunction, recoveringa −0.31 meV geometric binding requires a dimensionless effective coupling of αscalar ≈ 2.91 × 10−7.Because this violates established atom interferometry fifth-force bounds (α ≲ 10−11) by over fourorders of magnitude, DBGR excludes macroscopic geometric torsion as the source of the historicanomaly. This provides independent scalar-tensor validation for the CODATA QED consensus(Rp = 0.8413 ± 0.0016 fm) and establishes strict upper limits for the ongoing MUSE form-factordivergence.Keywords: Proton Radius Anomaly, Density-Based Geometric Recovery (DBGR), Chameleon Mechanism, Scalar-Tensor Theory, Metric Torsion, Yukawa Potential, MUSE Experiment, Fifth-Force Exclusion.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[9] ai.viXra.org:2603.0038 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-09 20:12:27
Authors: Thomas Lee Abshier
Comments: 16 Pages.
Conscious Point Physics (CPP) derives special relativistic effects—time dilation, length contraction, and the twin paradox—from geometric constraints in a discrete 4D lattice based on the 600-cell polychoron. Kinetic energy stored as excess Space Stress Vector (∆SSV) reduces effective Voronoi cell volumes, shrinking the Planck Sphere Radius (PSR) and limiting displacement per absolute Moment. This produces relativistic phenomena as consequences of lattice saturation rather than postulated spacetime geometry. The framework reproduces standard SR at accessible energies while predicting deviations at accelerations ≳ 10^20g. We provide a first-principles derivation of the PSR formula and coupling constant k ≈ 2.16 × 10^-114 m3/J from 600-cell packing geometry.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[8] ai.viXra.org:2603.0037 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-08 16:45:06
Authors: Bhasanpal Thiru
Comments: 4 Pages.
We formalize an exploratory geometric Effective Field Theory (EFT) utilizing an Einstein-Cartan-Sciama-Kibble (ECSK) action, where the vacuum undergoes a phase transition governed by a scalarfield coupled to the trace of the stress-energy tensor. To avoid ghost instabilities, we map thenon-minimal coupling to the Einstein frame and stabilize the high-density limit with a quartic po-tential. Relaxing the uniform-spin approximation, we parameterize finite-nucleus spin gradients viadimension-6 EFT Wilson coefficients set by the nucleon mass scale. We compute the 1-loop spinorself-energy using Pauli-Villars regularization matched to the electroweak scale (246 GeV). Utilizingmacroscopic storage ring densities, we demonstrate the ECSK contribution to the muon anoma-lous magnetic moment is kinematically suppressed to O(10−42) even under maximal ensemble spinalignment, explicitly verifying Standard Model dominance. We establish tree-level CPT invariance,noting that loop-level CP phases require future Renormalization Group Equation (RGE) flow anal-ysis. We extract order-of-magnitude upper bounds on geometric elasticity using Calcium isotopeshifts, deriving the sensitivity gradient while accounting for PREX/CREX systematics. Finally,we provide a falsifiable null-hypothesis test for the 2p to 1s X-ray lineshape shift in Kaonic hydro-gen, acknowledging that covariant QCD subtractions from optical potentials strongly correlate withgeometric compression, necessitating future hadronic background improvements.Keywords: ECSK Theory, Spacetime Torsion, Metric Deformation, Kaonic Atoms, J-PARC, Effective Field Theory.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[7] ai.viXra.org:2603.0036 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-08 17:16:58
Authors: Adam T. Hawkins
Comments: 13 Pages. DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.140008 paper focused after reading this.
This work presents a unified mechanistic framework for physics based on three first-principles assumptions:(1) gravity propagates at the causal speed c,(2) time flows in one direction (retarded propagation only), and(3) every massive particle continuously emits fundamental gravitational wave shells whose time-averaged superposition constitutes gravity.This paper is focused on the Cosmic scale, questioning the need for dark matter and energy, while explaining early galaxy mismatch predictions.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[6] ai.viXra.org:2603.0028 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-07 02:12:09
Authors: Renat Almirovich Gafarov
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This paper formulates the postulate-based framework of Vacuum—Energonic Relativity (VER). In VER, the operationally measurable metrology of matter is determined by a single physical metric, while the local causal bound is set by a vacuum scalar field...
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[5] ai.viXra.org:2603.0023 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-05 02:04:16
Authors: Rüdiger Giesel
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We formulate a cosmological model in which inflation, the vanishing of the total energyof the Universe, and present-day dark energy arise as structural consequences of octonionicnon-associativity. The fundamental action is assumed to contain a positive-definite scalarconstructed from the octonionic associator. This term behaves as a vacuum component,enforcing exponential expansion without the introduction of an ad hoc inflaton field. Wedemonstrate that inflation is dynamically unavoidable (forced inflation), that the zero-totalenergy condition holds at all cosmic epochs, and that a minimal residual associator normnaturally yields the observed dark energy density. Numerical estimates from the inflationaryepoch to the present Universe are included.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[4] ai.viXra.org:2603.0021 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-04 20:17:47
Authors: Leon Barbour
Comments: 82 Pages. License: CC BY 4.0 (Note by ai.viXra.org Admin: Please cite listed scientific references)
Paper 6 applies the locked A—B—C structural frequency pipeline defined in Paper 5 to real observational residual datasets. Using the Pantheon+ supernova compilation under a fixed Planck 2018 flat ΛCDM baseline, distance-modulus residuals are mapped into a dimensionless effective perturbation channel. Weighted masked-sky spherical harmonic regression up to ℓ = 2 is applied within distance shells to extract dipole and quadrupole diagnostics. Synthetic benchmark skies (spherical and elongated void geometries) are processed under identical survey mask and sampling conditions to establish leakage floors and recovery behaviour. Robustness tests include frame swap (zHD vs zCMB), equal-count shelling, sliding-window extraction, and bootstrap resampling. Dipole amplitudes are found to exceed the synthetic leakage baseline by factors of ~4—37 across bands. Quadrupole amplitudes exceed leakage by ~1.3—2.6 in coarse bands and ~1.812 under equal-count shelling. Quadrupole axis orientation exhibits broad bootstrap dispersion and is not directionally interpreted. Multipole amplitudes are expressed in a metrologically neutral fractional-shift representation without introducing new cosmological parameters. The paper remains diagnostic and falsifiable, not a model replacement.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[3] ai.viXra.org:2603.0013 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-04 01:37:47
Authors: Ignacio Lesta Pelayo
Comments: 5 Pages. (Note by ai.viXra.org Admin: Please cite and list scientific references)
This work explores the relationship between the Universal Replication Principle (URP) and theemergence of life in the universe. According to this principle, stable physical configurations tend to persist and reproduce over time, allowing the emergence of replicative systems to be interpreted as a natural consequence of cosmic dynamics. From this perspective, life does not constitute an anomaly within physical laws, but rather a continuation of the processes of organization and replication present since the origin of the universe. The article examines the transition from physical and chemical replication to biological replication, as well as the role of information in this process, and discusses its ontological implications.This approach is situated at the intersection of fundamental physics, prebiotic chemistry, andorigin-of-life studies, proposing a unified conceptual framework based on the URP.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[2] ai.viXra.org:2603.0009 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-02 17:09:24
Authors: Hani Abdel Rahim Abdullah
Comments: 15 Pages.
We present a comprehensive mechanism for baryogenesis within the Temporal Dynamics Framework (TDF), demonstrating that the observed matter-antimatter asymmetry (η ∼ 10−10) arises naturally from the intrinsic dynamics of three fundamental fields: the Scale Field (ϕs), the Time Field (ϕt), and the Unified Action Field (λ). Unlike conventional baryogenesis models that require external CP violation or Grand Unified Theory (GUT) scale physics, this mechanism derives theasymmetry from a geometric necessity: the interaction between field gradients inan expanding universe creates a chemical potential that biases matter nodal formation over antimatter. The resulting asymmetry is scale-invariant, directly linked to cosmic expansion, and yields testable predictions connecting it to dark energydynamics and variations in fundamental constants. This work demonstrates that TDF provides a complete, self-consistent explanation for one of cosmology’s deepest puzzles without requiring physics beyond its three fundamental fields.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology
[1] ai.viXra.org:2603.0002 [pdf] submitted on 2026-03-01 22:01:41
Authors: Ivan Aurelian Dan
Comments: 33 Pages.
Abstract Recent James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations have revealed massive, thermally evolved galaxy clusters at redshifts z ≳ 7, whose intracluster gas temperatures and dynamical maturity exceed the expectations of standard ΛCDM cosmology. Such objects appear too hot, too massive, and too chemically evolved to have formed within the short cosmic time available in an expanding universe, highlighting increasing tension with standard expansion-based structure formation timelines. We show that these observations arise naturally in a contraction-based cosmologyin which cosmic redshift is generated by global scale evolution rather than metric expansion. In this framework, high redshift does not imply physical youth but instead reflects cumulative scale contraction, leading to compressed observational time. Physical densities, binding energies, and virial temperatures thereforeincrease toward higher redshift. We derive the background dynamics, structure growth, and observable relations of the contraction framework, demonstrate its consistency with CMB and BAOmeasurements, and identify the Sandage—Loeb redshift drift as a clear, modelleveldiscriminator. JWST observations are thus interpreted not as a crisis, but as evidence that early massive structures admit a consistent interpretation within a contraction-based cosmological framework.
Category: Relativity and Cosmology