Information Capacity in Bits of the Pre-Bounce Phase

The capacity at the bounce is finite and far below the present horizon capacity, yet still large compared with the information content of the radiation background. The two bounds agree at order-of-magnitude level, which supports the internal consistency of the minimum patch derived from the density limit. The computation is performed from stated assumptions in a density-limited bounce, in which the neutron-branch limit density sets a maximum density, a finite bounce temperature, and a minimum horizon size. Headline values from the deposited calculation are: R_min_m = 1.29e-16; I_bounce_bits = 2.87e+38; I_today_bits = 3.36e+123; I_bekenstein_bits = 2.87e+38; M_patch_kg = 8.66e+10; bits_per_present_photon = 2.87e-51. The study is simulated and computed, not measured, and its conclusions are stated at the precision the stated assumptions support.