Theoretical study demonstrates photon emission from rapid bubble collapse via topological tension release, suggesting a geometric alternative to plasma physics in sonoluminescence.
Sonoluminescence—the emission of light from imploding bubbles in liquids excited by sound waves—remains one of the most profound unresolved anomalies in classical fluid dynamics and thermodynamics. Continuous differential equations fail to describe the extreme energy concentration without running into physical singularities. In this paper, we analyze the phenomenon through the Entropic-Resistance paradigm as a purely structural and network-topological mechanism. We posit that the sudden collapse of a cavitation bubble creates a macroscopic "Volume Deficit" in the discrete spacetime graph converging at extreme velocities. When the speed of the geometric collapse exceeds the network's recursive relaxation time, the topological tension at the center approaches infinity. To avoid a topological rupture, the spacetime graph is forced to emit the accumulated geometric stress as a massless topological soliton—an electromagnetic wave (photon). This model replaces complex plasma physics with an elegant, geometric tension-release mechanism, offering testable implications for extreme astrophysical anomalies.
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