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Explanatory Depth: The Integration of Relativity, Quantum Theory and Cosmology

Kahan, Dennis (2025) Explanatory Depth: The Integration of Relativity, Quantum Theory and Cosmology. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Foundational tensions between General Relativity, Quantum Gravity, Special Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics, alongside unresolved cosmological challenges, remain significant barriers to achieving explanatory depth in theoretical physics. Without relying on ad hoc assumptions, fine-tuning, or perturbative techniques, this analysis evaluates the explanatory depth of an integrated ontological and dynamic model unified by a single set of physical laws across scales and domains.
The framework, grounded in a fully relativistic, discrete 4D spacetime tightly coupled to an ontic, high-dimensional counterpart, is mathematically constrained by a single self-consistent set of discrete equations governing quantum state evolution, collapse, gravity, and cosmology. The framework reconciles quantum effects such as entanglement, nonlocality, and quantum collapse within relativistic constraints. It addresses cosmological gravitational challenges, including singularities, regularization, background independence, relational gravity, and the black hole information paradox. The model also provides a coherent explanation for the hierarchy problem.
Linking the quantum collapse of 4D spacetime at Heat Death to its instantaneous re-emergence at t = 0, the framework unifies cosmology and quantum dynamics, identifying the intrinsic energy density of discrete spacetime substructures as the source of the cosmological constant Λ. It also examines quantum path irreversibility and the arrow of time as natural outcomes of quantum state evolution and collapse.
By integrating relativity, quantum mechanics, and cosmology within a unified ontological, dynamic, and mathematically constrained framework, the model addresses longstanding foundational challenges in physics.

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Kahan, Dennisdkahan@alumni.ucla.edu0009-0004-9674-6946
Keywords: Explanatory Depth, General Relativity, Special Relativity, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Mechanics, Discrete 4D Spacetime, Background Independence, Cosmological Constant, Relational Gravity, Hierarchy Problem, Arrow of Time.
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Astrophysics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology
Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User: Mr. Dennis Kahan
Date Deposited: 12 Mar 2025 13:24
Last Modified: 12 Mar 2025 13:24
Item ID: 24899
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Astrophysics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology
Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date: 11 March 2025
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24899

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