
TL;DR
This paper presents a new approach to fundamental physics using non-critical string theory, linking quantum mechanics, cosmology, and black-hole dynamics through the Procrustean Principle, with potential observable implications.
Contribution
It introduces the Procrustean Principle, explaining the unavoidability of open systems in low-energy physics and connecting space-time, entropy, and wavefunction collapse within a unified framework.
Findings
Time variation of fundamental constants like c and ħ.
Diminishing cosmological constant Λ_C over time.
Potential CPT violation and quantum coherence loss in experiments.
Abstract
A rather simple and non-technical exposition of our new approach to {\em Time, Quantum Physics, Black-Hole dynamics}, and {\em Cosmology}, based on non-critical string theory, is provided. A new fundamental principle, the {\em Procrustean Principle}, that catches the essence of our approach is postulated: the low-energy world is {\em unavoidably} an ``open" system due to the spontaneous truncation of the {\em delocalized, topological} string modes in continuous interaction with the low-lying-{\em localized} string modes. The origin of space-time, the expansion of the Universe, the entropy increase and accompanied irreversibility of time, as well as the collapse of the wavefunction are all very neatly tied together. Possible observable consequences include: quantum relaxation with time of the Universal, fundamental constants, like the velocity of light and the Planck constant …
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