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This research aims to validate the MEON framework for galaxy rotation and early-universe clustering without invoking dark matter.

May 1, 2026Open Access

MEON v1.1 and MEON-R2: A Weak-Field Galaxy Validation Package with a Bubble-Tension CMB Compatibility Prototype

Key Points

This research aims to validate the MEON framework for galaxy rotation and early-universe clustering without invoking dark matter.
Tested MEON v1.1 against 165 SPARC galaxy rotation curves using stellar mass-to-light fits.
Calculated global reduced chi-square for model comparison with Standard MOND and Newtonian models.
Introduced MEON-R2 to explore bubble tension effects and their CMB compatibility.
The MEON v1.1 model achieved a global reduced chi-square of 9.18, outperforming Newtonian baryons (161.5) but underperforming MOND (10.10).
The MEON-R2 model suggests that a cold clustering sector near Omega_eff h^2 = 0.12 can reproduce expected Planck-like behavior.
Baryon-only models were strongly rejected by Planck TT acoustic structure findings, highlighting the need for further validation.

Abstract

This archive contains the MEON v1. 1 / MEON-R2 validation package, including code, numerical outputs, diagnostic plots, and theoretical notes for a modified-gravity field framework designed to address galaxy rotation curves and early-universe clustering requirements without introducing particle dark matter as a separate substance. The late-time MEON v1. 1 sector is tested against 165 usable SPARC galaxy rotation curves using bounded per-galaxy stellar mass-to-light nuisance fits. In the fixed MEON v1. 1 configuration, with q = 1. 25 and eₑxt = 0. 01, the model reaches a global reduced chi-square of approximately 9. 18, compared with approximately 10. 10 for the Standard MOND benchmark and approximately 161. 5 for a Newtonian baryons-only baseline in the same bounded-disk setup. These results indicate that the fixed MEON v1. 1 weak-field response can reproduce galaxy-scale rotation data at least competitively with the MOND reference model under the adopted fitting assumptions. The archive also includes a MEON-R2 theoretical extension. MEON-R2 is formulated as a covariant two-regime ansatz containing a bubble/membrane tension field and a cold effective clustering condensate. The purpose of this extension is to explore whether a high-tension early-universe regime can generate an effective cold clustering sector with Omegaₑff h² approximately 0. 12, while relaxing to negligible late-time interference with the validated galaxy-scale MEON v1. 1 regime. A CMB compatibility gate is included as a proxy test. The results show that a naive baryon-only early universe is strongly rejected by the Planck TT acoustic structure, while an effective cold clustering sector near Omegaₑff h² = 0. 12 reproduces the expected Planck-like acoustic behavior in a CAMB proxy implementation. This does not constitute a final first-principles CMB proof. A complete cosmological validation of MEON-R2 still requires a fully covariant action, linear perturbation equations, and implementation in a Boltzmann solver. Overall, this release should be read as an open, reproducible research package: MEON v1. 1 is presented as a late-time weak-field galaxy-scale candidate, while MEON-R2 is presented as a mathematically explicit CMB-compatibility prototype requiring further theoretical development.

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