An Angular-Momentum-Based Hypothesis for Cosmology and Radiation: A NonGravitational, Non-Propagating Interpretation of Light and Structure Formation

This paper presents a speculative hypothesis that reinterprets severalfoundational assumptions in modern physics: the nature of gravity, thebehavior of light, the nuclear forces, the matter-antimatterrelationship, and the large-scale evolution of the universe. The centralproposal is that angular momentum, rather than gravity, is the primarydriver of structure formation and apparent "weight," and that what iscurrently described as propagating light is instead a stationary thermalresidue of discrete phase transitions in matter and fields. Under thishypothesis, the observed constancy of the speed of light reflects themotion of the observer (and the Earth) through a field of stationaryphotons, rather than a fundamental propagation speed of light quantathemselves.A fundamental insight of the framework is the identification of photonsas antimatter: the universe is not matter-dominated but exists in dynamicmatter-antimatter equilibrium, with antimatter manifesting as theomnipresent photon field. The apparent absence of antimatter is resolvedby recognizing that photon creation represents antimatter production andphoton absorption represents matter-antimatter recombination, maintaininga continuous cosmic balance without requiring Sakharov-type baryogenesismechanisms. This equilibrium, characterized by the baryon-to-photon ratioη ≈ 6×10⁻¹⁰, determines the cosmic photon background energy densitythrough thermodynamic balance.The model begins with a primordial, perfectly smooth, rotating spherecontaining all matter in the universe in a state of uniform spin andangular momentum. A minute asymmetry at the exact moment when this spheretransitions from orbiting to linear motion triggers an explosive eventanalogous to the Big Bang. The subsequent evolution of matter is drivenby conserved spin, torque, and collisions, producing galaxies, stars, andplanets without invoking gravity as a fundamental interaction.Photons are treated as massless, motionless carriers of residual energy,created by entropy and phase transitions, which remain fixed in spaceuntil absorbed by massive particles. The hypothesis extends to nuclearphysics, proposing that strong and weak nuclear forces emerge fromangular momentum coupling at subatomic scales with scale-dependentcoupling constants, with quark confinement arising from topologicalconstraints on angular momentum flux at the characteristic scale σ₀,quark= 5.4×10⁻²⁷ m²/s, yielding the observed string tension of 1 GeV/fm.The framework introduces the universal specific angular momentum σ₀ fromwhich all gravitational phenomena emerge through the relation L = m·σ₀. Ascale-dependent hierarchy spans from quark scales (σ₀,quark ~ 5×10⁻²⁷m²/s) through nuclear scales (σ₀,nuclear ~ 10⁻⁷ m²/s) to planetary(σ₀,planetary ~ 8.2×10⁵ m²/s) and astrophysical scales (σ₀,macro ~ 10⁶m²/s), unifying behavior across 40 orders of magnitude. The couplingpotential U = -G·L₁·L₂/(σ₀²·r) automatically recovers Newtonian gravity U= -Gm₁m₂/r, with the derived equivalence principle emerging naturallyfrom this formulation.The framework addresses the equivalence of inertial and gravitationalmass, derives tidal forces from angular momentum gradients, explainsbinary pulsar orbital decay through angular momentum radiation (matchingobservations to 0.2%), and provides interpretations of frame draggingconsistent with Gravity Probe B measurements (through core-mantle densitystructure giving σ₀,eff = 0.82×σ₀,macro), gravitational lensing, and theSachs-Wolfe effect consistent with the stationary photon model.Gravitational wave detection is reinterpreted through a velocitynormalization mechanism: angular momentum density waves from distantastrophysical sources modulate the local photon field, causing Earth'svelocity through this field to fluctuate as it normalizes to localequilibrium. LIGO measures these velocity fluctuations (δv ~ 10⁻¹³ m/sfor typical events) as differential path length changes, with the strainvelocity correspondence δv = (c/2)×h providing a direct physicalinterpretation of the observed signals. The hypothesis claims that manycosmological phenomena--such as dark matter, dark energy, and redshiftobservations--may be reinterpreted as consequences of misattributing ourown motion and mischaracterizing the behavior of light.The framework derives neutrino oscillations from angular momentum phaseevolution, with flavor eigenstates (νₑ, νμ, ντ) representing distinctphase configurations (0, 2π/3, 4π/3) of the neutrino's angular momentumorientation relative to the photon field. Mass eigenstates emerge fromdifferential coupling to the stationary photon field, reproducing thestandard oscillation probability P = sin²(2θ)·sin²(1.27·Δm²·L/E).Primordial nucleosynthesis derives the helium mass fraction Y_p = 0.244from a freeze-out temperature T_freeze = 8.6×10⁹ K determined by angularmomentum coupling timescales. Bell inequality violations are derivedquantitatively from spinor geometry, yielding the correlation functionC(θ) = -cos(θ_A - θ_B) and CHSH parameter S = 2.61, exceeding theclassical bound of 2.Quantum computing scalability limitations emerge naturally from theframework's entropy production requirements: maintaining N-qubitcoherence requires angular momentum isolation scaling as N², predictingpractical limits of ~30-100 qubits before decoherence dominates.The paper develops 28 specific, quantitative testable predictions,including: photon thermalization over τ ~ 5×10¹⁰ years with observablespectral broadening; a minimum black hole mass of ~2.4 M_Earth (range0.8-8 M_Earth); helium mass fraction Y_p = 0.244 (matching observed0.245±0.003); laboratory flywheel experiments with predicted signal-tonoise ratio of ~8400; gravitational wave memory velocity drift of ~0.5μm/year cumulative baseline shift; velocity fluctuation background atS_v^(1/2) ~ 10⁻¹⁵ m/s/√Hz; neutrino mass ordering predictions; andFibonacci structure in galaxy spiral arms, orbital resonances, andangular momentum hierarchies spanning 69 levels from quark to cosmicscales. Critical tests include photon field thermalization spectroscopy,black hole mass gap searches, enhanced CMB isotropy from primordialsphere thermal equilibration, gravitational wave velocity-directioncorrelations with source sky positions, quantum computing coherence timescaling, and systematic surveys of Fibonacci patterns in spiral galaxies(preferential 2,3,5,8-arm structure) and exoplanet period ratios (peaksat golden ratio φⁿ ≈ 1.618ⁿ). These predictions, while challenging tostandard physics, provide clear pathways for empirical validation orfalsification of the framework.**Executive Summary of Key Claims**This framework makes five foundational claims that distinguish it fromstandard physics:1. **Gravity is not fundamental**: What we experience as gravitationalattraction emerges from angular momentum coupling between massive bodiesthrough the relation U = -G·L₁·L₂/(σ₀²·r), which recovers Newton's law U =-Gm₁m₂/r when L = m·σ₀.2. **Light does not propagate**: Photons are stationary thermal residuesdeposited by matter undergoing energy phase transitions. The "speed oflight" c represents the observer's motion through this stationary photonfield, not photon propagation.3. **Photons are antimatter**: The universe maintains matter-antimatterbalance through continuous photon creation (antimatter production) andabsorption (matter-antimatter recombination), resolving the apparentantimatter asymmetry without baryogenesis. The baryon-to-photon ratio η ≈6×10⁻¹⁰ characterizes this equilibrium.4. **Structure formation requires no dark matter**: Galaxies form atconvergence points of trajectories from a rotating primordial sphere,with apparent "gravitational" effects arising from conserved angularmomentum inherited from this sphere.5. **Nuclear forces are angular momentum coupling**: Strong and weakforces emerge from the same angular momentum coupling mechanism operatingat different scales, unified through a scale-dependent σ₀ hierarchyspanning from σ₀,quark ~ 5×10⁻²⁷ m²/s to σ₀,macro ~ 10⁶ m²/s.**Quantitative Predictions Summary**- Black hole minimum mass: **2.4 M_Earth** (range 0.8-8 M_Earth,falsifiable with LIGO data)- Helium mass fraction: **Y_p = 0.244** from T_freeze = 8.6×10⁹ K(matches observed 0.245±0.003)- Quark confinement string tension: **1 GeV/fm** from σ₀,quark = 5.4×10⁻²⁷m²/s- Frame dragging: **σ₀,eff = 0.82×σ₀,macro** from core-mantle densitystructure- Photon thermalization: **τ ~ 5×10¹⁰ years** with 14% spectralbroadening at z=2- Flywheel coupling force: **~2×10⁻¹¹ N** with SNR~8400 (laboratorytestable)- Bell inequality: **S = 2.61** from spinor geometry (exceeds classicalbound of 2)- Quantum computing limit: **~30-100 qubits** from N² entropy scaling- Galaxy mass function slope: **α = 2.35** from convergence pointgeometry- Neutrino mass hierarchy: **~33:1 ratio** from two-stage symmetrybreaking- Spiral arm distribution: **P(2-arm):P(3-arm):P(5-arm) ≈ φ²:φ:1**(Fibonacci sequence)- Orbital resonance peaks: **At φⁿ ≈ 1.618ⁿ** (golden ratio stabilitymaxima)- Golden angle CMB structure: **Enhanced correlations at θ = n×137.5°**- σ₀ hierarchy: **69 levels** spanning quark (10⁻⁹ m²/s) to cosmic (10⁶m²/s) scales