The Relational Quantum Foam (RQF) framework establishes that spacetime is not an empty geometric void, but an emergent, Lorentz-invariant quantum field state bounded by quantum thermodynamics. While previous iterations of this theory successfully derived general relativity and Newtonian kinematics as continuousflowapproximations of this medium, local empirical falsification has proven impossible because the vacuum flawlessly preserves frictionless geodesics in highaccelerationenvironments. This paper pivots to the high-redshift universe as the ultimate testing ground for the RQF. Because the RQF models “Dark Matter” as an elastic, solid-state phase transition of the vacuum governed by the cosmic expansion rate, we hypothesize that the critical radius (rcrit) of this phase boundary is severely compressed in the early universe. Utilizing peer-reviewed observational parameters from recent JWST and ALMA data, we forward-calculate the exact spatial boundaries where the rotation curves of two massive high-redshift galaxies (the “Big Wheel” at z = 3.25 and REBELS-25 at z = 7.31) must abandon the “flat curve” paradigm and transition into a Keplerian decline. By distinguishing the mathematically strict phase boundaries of the RQF from the chaotic halo assembly predictions of standard ΛCDM models, these calculations serve as a rigorous falsification matrix for incoming deep-space kinematic data.
Brendan Georgeson (2026) studied this question.