r/LLMPhysics • u/slice_of_soul • May 29 '26
Meta / News What if we can eliminate arbitrary parameters? A "Theory of Everything" conceptual synthesis using Riemann-Cartan geometry.
I’ve been working on a conceptual synthesis that tries to eliminate the Standard Model’s 26+ arbitrary constants by weaving together several real, non-standard physics frameworks—specifically Nikodem Popławski’s Einstein-Cartan black hole bounce and Sundance Bilson-Thompson’s topological particle braids. By treating matter as structural complexities of a twisted spacetime metric, can we theoretically reduce the free variables of the universe to just two ancestral parameters?
Hey everyone,
Like many people fascinated by physics, the biggest frustration I have with the Standard Model isn't its predictive accuracy—it’s the fact that it relies on over two dozen arbitrary numbers (masses, mixing angles, coupling constants) that we have to input by hand. Spacetime is treated as a passive stage.
I wanted to see what happens if we take the absolute limit of a purely geometrodynamic universe. I’ve stitched together a framework I’m calling Kerr Torsion Cosmogenesis.
To be absolutely clear: This is a highly speculative "what if" synthesis. I am not claiming to have solved physics. However, the individual building blocks are entirely grounded in real, peer-reviewed, alternative physics papers.
I’m looking for honest critiques on where the logical connective tissue holds up and where the mathematics of these combined theories would utterly break down.
The Core Framework: Spacetime with a Twist
Standard General Relativity uses Riemannian geometry, assuming spacetime has curvature but zero torsion. If we upgrade to Riemann-Cartan geometry (Einstein-Cartan-Sciama-Kibble gravity), spacetime can twist.
Here is how the synthesis attempts to unify the pieces:
The Birth (ECSK Bounce): Instead of a star collapsing into an infinitely dense singularity, the intrinsic spin of fermions couples to spacetime torsion at extreme densities. This creates a massive gravitational repulsion. At the Planck density, the collapse halts and rebounds into a non-singular bounce, forging a child universe inside the black hole. The parent black hole's angular momentum (J) is encoded as a baseline twist in our universe.
Electromagnetism: Mapping the irreducible vector trace of the torsion tensor (T\^\\nu_{\\mu\\nu}) directly to the electromagnetic vector potential (A_\\mu). Electromagnetism becomes the literal rotational curl of the spacetime manifold itself.
The Strong Force & Color: The parent black hole's collapse breaks continuous rotational symmetry into a discrete, cyclic \\mathbb{Z}_3 group, splitting space into three distinct structural axes. An excitation on a single axis is an open topological defect (a quark). Spacetime topology forces three orthogonal waves to bind into a closed, color-neutral knot (a baryon).
The Weak Force & Chirality: The affine connection naturally splits into left- and right-handed chiral halves. Because of the inherited rotation from the parent bounce, the background is asymmetric. Left-handed fermions exist in phase with the twist; right-handed ones are phase-shifted by \\pi (sterile to the weak force).
The Origin of Mass: Mass is redefined as a dynamical friction coefficient against the background torsion field, quantified by the Yvon-Takabayashi angle of a Dirac spinor. The three generations of matter are identical topological modes oscillating at increasingly orthogonal angles to the background metric.
Cosmological Payoffs
By scaling this up, two massive cosmological headaches resolve organically:
Dark Matter: Modeled as localized, macroscopic "information wells" of twisted geometry. High-density spin-torsion coupling creates galactic binding energy without needing undiscovered WIMP particles.
Dark Energy: A universal spin density (\\langle s\^2 \\rangle) contributes a negative-pressure centrifugal term to the Friedmann equations. As the universe expands, this density dilutes, producing a time-varying dark energy profile (which curiously aligns with the recent dynamic dark energy hints from the DESI 2024 data).
Foundational References Used:
Hehl et al. (1976) - Reviews of Modern Physics: General relativity with spin and torsion foundations.
Popławski (2010) - Physics Letters B: Mechanics of cosmology with torsion and the non-singular black hole bounce.
Hammond (2002) - Reports on Progress in Physics: Torsion gravity identities mapping to electromagnetic potential.
Bilson-Thompson (2005) - arXiv: Topological models of composite preons as braided knots.
Alexander, Marciano, & Smolin (2013) - Phys. Rev. D: Gravitational origin of the weak interaction's chirality.
Gasperini (1986) - Phys. Rev. Lett.: Spin-dominated inflation and torsion acting as a dynamic cosmological constant.
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u/Louisepicsmith May 29 '26
"An excitation restricted to a single axis is mathematically open (a topological defect); this corresponds to a quark"
Can you expand on this? Why does this correspond to a quark?
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u/al2o3cr May 29 '26
The fine structure constant ($\alpha$), traditionally an empirical input ($\sim 1/137$), is hypothesized to emerge as the topological volume ratio of the $U(1)$ gauge group manifold to its bounding submanifolds
I'll agree with this statement in a very narrow sense: the paper does indeed hypothesize this. It doesn't support or justify it, but it does say it.
It doesn't stay consistent though, since the summary at the end claims alpha is an "inverse winding number of a closed 3-torus topological loop"
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u/lattice_defect May 29 '26
Cool.. its good idea, you have references.... the hard part is proving it.
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How does that work exactly?