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| author | SASSI, Harold |
| author_facet | SASSI, Harold |
| contents | <p>This paper develops the hypothesis that the fundamental constants and symmetry structures governing physics<br>are not arbitrary fixed parameters, but the result of a selection process operating across successive cosmological<br>cycles.</p> <p>The proposed mechanism localises hereditary variation in the quantum decoherence occurring during<br>spontaneous symmetry breaking in the primordial universe.</p> <p>The theory produces a hierarchical testable prediction : the robustness of fundamental constants should be positively correlated with the chronological age of the symmetry-breaking event that fixed them. This prediction is confronted with existing data on the strong coupling constant, the cosmological constant, and measurements of fine-structure constant variation in distant<br>quasar spectra. The epistemological limits of the hypothesis are explicitly formulated.</p> |
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| institution | Zenodo |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2026 |
| publisher | Zenodo |
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| spellingShingle | Towards a Theory of Physical Law Selection SASSI, Harold Fundamental constants Selection of physical laws Evolution of constants Hierarchical robustness of constants Fine-tuning problem Cosmological natural selection Symmetry breaking Quantum decoherence Evolution of physical laws Anthropic principle (comparison context) Parameter space dynamics Symmetry-breaking-induced variation Quantum field theory Grand Unified Theories (GUT) Stochastic processes Mutation-selection models Probability distributions Cosmological cycles Quantum fluctuations of constants Multiverse (comparison context) Markov processes High redshift observations Cosmic microwave background Quasar absorption spectra Variation of fundamental constants Philosophy of physics Metaphysics of laws Nomological realism Laws of nature Epistemology of cosmology Naturalized metaphysics Nominalism Lee Smolin cosmological natural selection Emergent laws Theoretical cosmology Foundations of physics <p>This paper develops the hypothesis that the fundamental constants and symmetry structures governing physics<br>are not arbitrary fixed parameters, but the result of a selection process operating across successive cosmological<br>cycles.</p> <p>The proposed mechanism localises hereditary variation in the quantum decoherence occurring during<br>spontaneous symmetry breaking in the primordial universe.</p> <p>The theory produces a hierarchical testable prediction : the robustness of fundamental constants should be positively correlated with the chronological age of the symmetry-breaking event that fixed them. This prediction is confronted with existing data on the strong coupling constant, the cosmological constant, and measurements of fine-structure constant variation in distant<br>quasar spectra. The epistemological limits of the hypothesis are explicitly formulated.</p> |
| title | Towards a Theory of Physical Law Selection |
| topic | Fundamental constants Selection of physical laws Evolution of constants Hierarchical robustness of constants Fine-tuning problem Cosmological natural selection Symmetry breaking Quantum decoherence Evolution of physical laws Anthropic principle (comparison context) Parameter space dynamics Symmetry-breaking-induced variation Quantum field theory Grand Unified Theories (GUT) Stochastic processes Mutation-selection models Probability distributions Cosmological cycles Quantum fluctuations of constants Multiverse (comparison context) Markov processes High redshift observations Cosmic microwave background Quasar absorption spectra Variation of fundamental constants Philosophy of physics Metaphysics of laws Nomological realism Laws of nature Epistemology of cosmology Naturalized metaphysics Nominalism Lee Smolin cosmological natural selection Emergent laws Theoretical cosmology Foundations of physics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19765242 |