1998/05/20 by Michael Grady, Grady, Michael · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #astro-ph #gr-qc #hep-th #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/9805076
7 pages, Latex, no figures. Many arguments substantially expanded, new introduction
openalex publication_date 1998/05/20 · arxiv created 1998/11/19 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
It is proposed that space is a four-dimensional Euclidean space with universal time. Originally this space was filled with a uniform substance, pictured as a liquid, which at some time became supercooled. Our universe began as a nucleation event initiating a liquid to solid transition. The universe we inhabit and are directly aware of consists of only the three-dimensional expanding phase boundary. Random energy transfers to the boundary from thermal fluctuations in the adjacent bulk phases are interpreted by us as quantum fluctuations. Fermionic matter is modeled as screw dislocations; gauge bosons as phonons. Minkowski space emerges dynamically through redefining local time to be proportional to the spatial coordinate perpendicular to the boundary. Other features include a geometrical quantum gravitational theory, and an explanation of quantum measurement.