nuclear-physics

The present work introduces a unified phenomenological framework for radiation-matter interactions grounded in the deterministic kinematics of a continuous elastic vacuum medium. By redefining the photon as a unitary bidirectional field event rather than an independent wave packet, the model systematically resolves the historical localization paradox without introducing free parameters or alterin…

We present a geometric derivation of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) within theKoenig framework of dimensional flow and icosahedral invariants. The gauge groupSU(3) emerges from the three golden rectangles of the icosahedron, with 8 gluonsidentified as the complement of 12 fermions in the 20 icosahedral faces (20 = 8 + 12,exact). Confinement is reinterpreted as a dimensional-flow phenomenon: quarks …

The dimensional flow soliton creates a Pöschl-Teller fluctuation potential with exactly three bound states. Full Project File at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fdKdo3edGqXVx95IntIumXlzKq22s-yw?usp=drive_link

Pre-registered prediction document. Tendo Precursor Score (TPS) = 96/100 declared on 2026-05-24 08:03 JST. This document pre-registers a prediction that an IceCube GOLD-class neutrino alert will occur during the CSS Observation Window (2026-05-25 to 2026-05-30), and that XAU/USD will show a positive return within 72 hours of that event. Historical basis: TEMIM v3.0 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20358801),…

Stage 1b pre-registration of a no-new-constants forward prediction derived from the UCT compression-interface theorem at d = 3 / m = 3. Companion deposit to Stage 1 (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20360004); does not modify Stage 1. Predicts the structured readout floor f_U(3) = 8/9 ≈ 0.8889 for U(3)-covariant readout and f_{Z_2^3} = 7/8 = 0.8750 for sign-channel readout (gap 1/72 ≈ 1.4%). Contains: theoreti…

PTRH Paper 12 derived the torsion cell area A_cell = 4G_4 ln 9 ≈ 8.79 ℓ²_Pl conditional on the Isolated Horizon Conjecture (IHC): that the nine bulk Z_9 prismatic F-crystal eigenspaces project to independent degrees of freedom on the bifurcation surface Σ. This paper proves the IHC. Four results establish the proof. (1) Restriction and decomposition [V]: The closed immersion i: Σ ↪ X induces a Z_…

This paper establishes the boundary-time readout theorem in Algebraic Quan tum Morphogenesis (AQM) and gives a conditionally strict explanation of the Hubble tension. Previous papers have established the finite spectral neck algebra, measurement by center splitting, the K-flow three-step condensation path, the Standard Model algebra, boundary-center response, the fourfold dark-energy sup pression…

This paper (Paper E of the 59-Dimensional Series) presents a single unifying principle explaining why the 59-dimensional framework reproduces the Standard Model: the number 59 = 11 + 6×8 is the unique embedding of the Standard Model gauge group G_SM = SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1) in M-theory for which D_total is simultaneously prime and odd, while observable spacetime equals the rank of the gauge group, D_sp…

This paper gives a conditional AQM derivation framework for the low-energy fine-structure constant. It does not claim that the Standard-Model renormalization group alone explains the number, nor does it identify the finite-spectral bare stiffness with a conventional grand-unified Jun Chen / Chen Jun 2026 Conditional Derivation of the Fine-Structure Constant coupling. The derivation is organized b…

The gravitational evidence for the existence of Dark Matter (DM) is beyond doubt, yet not a single confirmed non-gravitational signal of DM has been detected. This raises a fundamental question: can particles exist that, in principle, participate only in gravitational interactions? A future Theory of Everything will face an inevitable choice — either to explain the phenomenon of DM within its own…

Kenan Ünlü, professor of nuclear engineering and director of the Radiation Science and Engineering Center at Penn State, has been named a fellow of the American Nuclear Society.

Introducing what came to be called the Nicolai map: Hermann Nicolai, On a new characterization of scalar supersymmetric theories, Physics Letters B 89 3–4 (1980) Pages 341-346 [doi:10.1016/0370-2693(80)90138-0] Hermann Nicolai, Supersymmetry and functional integration measures, Nuclear Physics B 176 2 (1980) 419-428 [doi:10.1016/0550-3213(80)90460-5] Hermann Nicolai, Supersymmetric functional int…

This work introduces the Gravity Mechanism Principle (GMP), a mechanism-first framework that identifies gravity as the macroscopic behavioral signature of energy trapped within stable charge architecture at and above the proton scale. The paper shows that the +1/0/−1 charge triad of the proton, neutron, and electron forms a tension architecture rather than a charge equilibrium, and that this arch…

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment's innovative hybrid near detector will be a game changer. An active prototyping program over the last few years has been refining and validating the design of this smaller detector's key element, a liquid-argon time projection chamber, and the data analysis tools and methods that go with it.

Unlocking the Milky Way’s history through cosmic rays: UMBC nuclear physicist Priyashini Ghosh is leading a first-of-its-kind experiment at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), measuring how chromium-52 breaks apart as it travels through space. Her work fills critical data gaps, sharpening models of galactic chemical evolution and supporting NASA's upcoming TIGERISS mission.

We perform a direct analysis of kinetic terms and propagators of all fields in dimensionally-modified field theory (atology). The following sectors are examined: the dimensional scalar field φ, Dirac fermions, gauge fields, the Higgs doublet, the type field χ (superalgebra Y), and gravity (including the scalar graviton). It is shown that all kinetic terms have the correct sign in the physical reg…

We show that the Dini surface, a pseudosphere with constant negative curvature $K = -1/(a^2+b^2)$, encodes the inverse fine-structure constant via $a^2+b^2 = \alpha^{-1}$, so that $K = -\alpha$. The helical parameter $b = 1/(2\pi)$ follows from the Feynman Point condition $\gamma_3\gamma_4 = 762$. Circularly polarized waves realize the same helical structure, with frequencies $\omega_n \propto \g…

This article develops an Alena-Rainich-Codazzi (ARC) branch geometry for traceless gauge-side stress tensors of non-null Rainich type. In the admissible sector, the stress-balance condition is represented by a Codazzi-closed anisotropic Lorentzian branch metric whose residual scalar acts as a Codazzi multiplier. The resulting branch has shear-free geodesic Rainich principal null directions and ad…