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Requiring the total vacuum energy within a cosmological volume to not exceed the mass of the corresponding black hole establishes a non-local link between the ultraviolet cutoff scale and the infrared cosmological limit, providing a mechanism for the emergence of Newton's constant from vacuum dynamics. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To resolve the 120-order-of-magnitude cosmological constant discrepancy by re-evaluating zero-point energy using emergent gravity, light-cone invariance, and ultraviolet/infrared coupling.

August 23, 2026Open Access

Quantum Phase Propagation, Light-Cone Invariance (∆τ = 0), and the Thermodynamic Emergence of Spacetime: A Vacuum Statistical Mechanics Mechanism for the Cosmological Constant Scale and Unitary Information Conservation

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JMJefferson William Martinelli

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Theoretical modeling demonstrates bounded vacuum energy density in cosmological horizons, suggesting a thermodynamic resolution to the cosmological constant problem.

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To resolve the 120-order-of-magnitude cosmological constant discrepancy by re-evaluating zero-point energy using emergent gravity, light-cone invariance, and ultraviolet/infrared coupling.
Applied the induced gravity framework and Cohen-Kaplan-Nelson ultraviolet/infrared (UV/IR) coupling over a cosmological radius.
Evaluated the null proper time condition (∆τ = 0) as a radiative observability filter and applied Sakharov induction for Newton's constant G.
Formulated an extension for unitary information conservation at collapse horizons and refined a Q-VLBI interferometric protocol for experimental testing.
Established a non-local link between ultraviolet (kUV) and infrared (kIR) cutoff scales by bounding vacuum energy within the cosmological volume to the mass of an equivalent black hole.
Demonstrated the thermodynamic emergence of Newton's constant G from vacuum dynamics while preserving unitary quantum information during gravitational collapse.

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Jefferson William Martinelli (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8aae337677a3411444709d https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22046666

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Theoretical modeling demonstrates bounded vacuum energy density in cosmological horizons, suggesting a thermodynamic resolution to the cosmological constant problem.

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