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This research aims to explain the arrow of time without altering fundamental physics or introducing arbitrary assumptions.

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February 10, 2026Open Access

The Arrow of Time as Redistribution Stabilization in the ψ₀–OCM

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This research aims to explain the arrow of time without altering fundamental physics or introducing arbitrary assumptions.
Analyzed structural transitions in the ψ₀–OCM model
Examined mechanisms of entropy increase and information loss
Studied stabilization of redistribution channels and degrees of freedom
Established a relationship between entropy increase and temporal asymmetry
Unified concepts of information loss and horizon thermality
Showed that time-reversal-symmetric dynamics are preserved in certain limits

Abstract

This priority paper presents a mechanism-level resolution of the arrow of time within the ψ₀–OCM (Osborne Cosmological Model). Irreversibility is shown to arise without modifying microscopic laws, invoking special low-entropy initial conditions, or introducing ad hoc coarse-graining. Instead, temporal asymmetry emerges from a structural transition between unstabilized redistribution and stabilized degrees of freedom, leading to restricted access to redistribution channels. Entropy increase, information loss, and horizon thermality are unified within this framework, while all standard time-reversal-symmetric dynamics are recovered exactly in Redistribution-Locked Zone (RZL) limits. The work provides a unified explanatory origin for macroscopic time asymmetry consistent with established physics.

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