Local Gravity of Quantum Vacuum α LGQV
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The Claim
The 1967 identification of quantum vacuum energy with the cosmological constant was an assumption, not a theorem. Removing it — and tracing the consequences using only established physics (QCD, general relativity, E = mc²) — eliminates the need for dark matter particles, resolves the cosmological constant problem, and explains the internal structure of collapsed objects. No new particles. No new forces. No fine-tuning. One coupling constant, derived from the measured QCD sigma terms of the nucleon, with zero free parameters.
The Volumes
Volume I: A Dark-Sector-Free Cosmology — COMPLETE
17 papers + 2 companion papers. 569 pages. From the separation of Λ and ρ_vac through the QCD derivation of the vacuum–matter coupling (α = 0.005 predicted, 0.003 observed) to N-body simulations, galactic rotation curves, the cosmic web, and Type Ia supernovae. The vacuum capture model reproduces flat rotation curves, the baryonic Tully–Fisher relation, the radial acceleration relation (a₀ derived, not fitted), and explains galaxies without dark mass — all from one parameter derived from nuclear physics.
Volume II: Beyond Singularities — COMPLETE
20 papers (#18–#38). 570 pages Extends the programme to extreme curvature: the internal structure of collapsed objects, the Pauli ladder’s third step (vacuum pressure), toroidal vacuum cores replacing singularities, magnetic architecture, the nature of time inside collapsed objects, the mass desert between stellar and supermassive black holes, the impossibility of wormholes, and the pole of spacetime replacing the Big Bang singularity. Complete falsification programme for LIGO, LISA, JWST, EHT, and CMB-S4.
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The Core Argument in Six Key Papers
Readers pressed for time should read :
The cosmological constant as a QCD observable: derivation, nonlinear screening, and falsification.
Density dependence of QCD vacuum energy from nucleon sigma terms.
CMB Compatibility, Confinement Radiation, and the Gravitational Wave Background from One Action
Key Results
| Result | Status | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Λ and ρ_vac are physically distinct quantities | Established — five independent formalisms |
| 2 | α = 0.005 from QCD, observed 0.003 | Predicted — zero free parameters |
| 3 | Nonlinear self-screening resolves JWST–S₈ duality | Computed — N-body simulations |
| 4 | a₀ ~ √(Λ₀G) ~ 10⁻¹⁰ m/s² | Derived — not fitted |
| 5 | Galaxies without dark mass (DF2, DF4) explained | Predicted — confirmed by observation |
| 6 | Cosmic web topology unique and P(k)-independent | Proved — Banach fixed-point theorem |
| 7 | Singularities replaced by finite-density vacuum cores | Derived — Volume II |
| 8 | Mass desert 300–10⁴ M☉ explained | Predicted — Volume II |
| 9 | No new particles, no new forces, one derived parameter | Structural |
What Would Falsify the Programme
Detection of a dark matter particle. Demonstration that Λ = 8πGρ_vac from first principles. Exclusion of α in the range 0.001–0.01 at >5σ. Rotation curves smooth beyond the predicted capture radius. Tidal Love numbers exactly zero for objects above the TOV limit. No satellite-galaxy correlation with group-centre distance.
We stake the programme on these tests.
Contact
Lead Investigator: Boris Kriger, Systems Theorist, Institute of Integrative and Interdisciplinary Research Department of Cosmology and Theoretical Physics
Why a Systems Theorist
The question is natural: why is a cosmology programme led by someone whose training is in the general theory of complex systems rather than in astrophysics or particle physics?
The answer is structural. The cosmological constant problem is not a problem within any single discipline. It sits at the intersection of quantum field theory (which computes the vacuum energy), general relativity (which determines how that energy gravitates), nuclear physics (which provides the QCD condensate structure of the nucleon), and observational astronomy (which measures the consequences). For sixty years, specialists in each of these fields have worked on their respective corners. The result is a 10¹²⁰ discrepancy that no single corner has resolved — because the problem is not in any corner. It is in the assumption that connects them: the 1967 Zel’dovich identification of vacuum energy with the cosmological constant.
Questioning that identification requires stepping outside each specialisation simultaneously. It requires asking: what if a connection that everyone assumes is a theorem is actually an untested hypothesis? This is a systems-level question — the kind of question that specialists, by virtue of their depth, are least likely to ask, because the identification is part of the infrastructure of every field that uses it.
A systems theorist is trained to look at exactly this: the joints between disciplines, the assumptions that are inherited rather than derived, the structural features that recur across domains because they reflect universal constraints rather than domain-specific mechanisms. The self-similar Pauli ladder (electron degeneracy → neutron degeneracy → vacuum pressure) is visible precisely because it spans nuclear physics, astrophysics, and QFT. The analogy between the elastic vacuum and Sakharov’s induced gravity connects condensed matter to cosmology. The fixed-point structure of the cosmic web connects topology to gravitational dynamics. No single specialisation contains all of these — but a systems-theoretic perspective sees them as instances of the same formal pattern.
This is not a claim of superiority over specialists. It is a claim of complementarity. The QCD sigma terms were computed by nuclear physicists (Cohen, Furnstahl, Griegel). The running vacuum model was developed by a field theorist (Solà Peracaula). The trace-free Einstein equations were formulated by a relativist (Ellis). The programme’s contribution is not to redo their work but to notice that these results, developed independently in separate fields, form a single coherent chain when the Zel’dovich identification is removed — and to trace the consequences of that chain from the nucleon to the cosmic web.
The history of science provides precedent. The most consequential advances often come not from deeper specialisation but from unexpected connections. Boltzmann connected thermodynamics to mechanics. Einstein connected electrodynamics to the geometry of spacetime. Shannon connected communication engineering to probability theory. Sakharov connected quantum field theory to gravity. In each case, the advance required someone willing to work at the boundary between fields — often at the cost of being regarded as an outsider by both.
The programme has been built over twenty years with the same method throughout: identify a structural question that spans disciplines, derive consequences using only established physics from each field, send the result to the specialists whose work is used, and incorporate their corrections. The correspondence record on this page is the evidence that this method produces engagement, not dismissal. When Cohen confirms the w = −1 argument, when Solà Peracaula identifies the phenomenological jump, when Janka accepts the reformulation of the neutrino cooling argument — these are specialists validating specific technical steps. The systems theorist’s role is to see that these steps form a staircase.
Whether the staircase leads where it appears to lead is for the community to determine. The investigator’s background is not a credential — it is an explanation of why this particular connection was noticed by someone trained to look for connections, and why it was missed by specialists trained to look within their fields.
boriskriger@interdisciplinary-institute.org ORCID: 0009-0001-0034-2903
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References
Kriger, Boris. Volume I: The Local Gravitation of Quantum Vacuum: A Unified Solution to the Dark Sector (αLGQV Theory Monograph). Toronto: IIIR Cosmology and Theoretical Physics, 2026. 569 pp. ISBN 979-8252224558. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19027460
Kriger, Boris. Volume II: The Consistent Universe—Singularities Resolved, Dark Sector Dissolved, Parameters Derived: A Dark-Sector-Free Cosmology (Local Gravity of Quantum Vacuum, αLGQV Theory Monograph). Toronto: IIIR Cosmology and Theoretical Physics, 2026. 579 pp. ISBN 979-8255039135. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.29913.28002
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