Self-Replicating Space-Cells and the Cosmological Constant

TL;DR

This paper proposes a fundamental discrete model of physics based on self-interacting information units called Space-Cells, which can explain the small value of the cosmological constant through their self-replication rates and complexity.

Contribution

It introduces a novel model where space and physical laws emerge from self-replicating information units, linking their complexity to fundamental constants.

Findings

Space-Cells are self-replicators distributed throughout space.

The slowest replication rate explains the magnitude of the cosmological constant.

Complexity of Space-Cells is estimated to be between 203 and a few thousand.

Abstract

We consider what the implications would be if there were a discrete fundamental model of physics based on locally-finite self-interacting information, in which there is no presumption of the familiar space and laws of physics, but from which such space and laws can nevertheless be shown to be able to emerge stably from such a fundamental model. We argue that if there is such a model, then the familiar laws of physics, including Standard Model constants, etc., must be encodable by a finite quantity C, called the complexity, of self-interacting information I, called a Space-Cell. Copies of Space-Cell I must be distributed throughout space, at a roughly constant and near-Planck density, and copies must be created or destroyed as space expands or contracts. We then argue that each Space-Cell is a self-replicator that can duplicate in times ranging from as fast as near-Planck-times to as slow as Cosmological-Constant-time which is 10^{61} Planck-times. From standard considerations of computation, we argue this slowest duplication rate just requires that 10^{61} is less than about 2^C, the number of length-C binary strings, hence requiring only the modest complexity C at least 203, and at most a few thousand. We claim this provides a reasonable explanation for a dimensionless constant being as large as 10^{61}, and hence for the Cosmological Constant being a tiny positive 10^{-122}. We also discuss a separate conjecture on entropy flow in Hole-Bang Transitions. We then present Cosmological Natural Selection II.