Consciousness-Dark Matter Coupling Theory and Photon Clock Experiment

In the standard cosmological model, the physical mechanism behind the late-time accelerated expansion of the universe remains ambiguous, and dark energy merely serves as a phenomenological description. Core quantum phenomena including the observer effect and wave-particle duality lack fundamental physical interpretation. Meanwhile, the origin of consciousness, the internal mechanism of dreams, and partial mental health issues cannot be fully elucidated by existing physical and biological frameworks. This paper proposes a unified field theory of consciousness-dark matter coupling, introducing consciousness as a fundamental physical variable into the cosmic evolution system, and constructing its core framework via physical symbols and formal equations. It is proposed that consciousness acts as a fundamental physical entity possessing non-local quantum coupling with the dark matter field. Quantum observation behavior is essentially the collapse and modulation effect of the consciousness field on the dark matter field. The accumulation of collective consciousness among intelligent life generates dark energy dynamically through consciousness-dark matter coupling interaction, which provides equivalent negative pressure energy on the cosmic scale and drives accelerated cosmic expansion. In addition, strong gravitational fields alter the entanglement rhythm of consciousness by distorting dark matter distribution, thereby forming relativistic time dilation effects. Without contradicting mainstream physical systems, this theory adopts a dual system of textual postulates and formal mathematical expressions to uniformly interpret the physical essence of dark matter and dark energy, quantum phenomena such as wave function collapse and wave-particle duality, as well as problems including consciousness origin, dreams, mental disorders, and relativistic time effects. A series of falsifiable predictions are also put forward. This theory realizes the fundamental connection among cosmology, quantum physics, general relativity, life science and consciousness science, and provides a novel unified framework for interdisciplinary cross-research. This theory proposes a low-cost, readily replicable photon clock experiment to test its core predictions, which can be performed with standard laboratory equipment. We welcome independent verification, replication, or discussion of the proposed experiment. “This version includes a new appendix outlining the open mathematical problems that must be solved to formalize the framework and derive quantitative experimental predictions.”