E-mode Polarization Phase Transitions Reveal a Fundamental Parameter of the Universe

Bryce Weiner

doi:10.59973/ipil.150

Authors

Bryce Weiner Information Physics Institute, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8058-9013

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59973/ipil.150

Keywords:

information theory, physics, cosmic microwave background, quantum mechanics, holographic universe

Abstract

Recent improvements in CMB data quality and analysis techniques have revealed subtle but significant discrete phase transitions in the E-mode polarization spectrum, initiated by Thomson scattering reaching the holographic entropy bound at multipole ℓ₁ = 1750 ± 35, with subsequent transitions at ℓ₂ = 3250 ± 65 and ℓ₃ = 4500 ± 90. These transitions, exhibiting a precise geometric scaling ratio of 2/π, reveal a fundamental information processing rate γ = 1.89 × 10⁻²⁹ s⁻¹. The transitions’ remarkable sharpness emerges independently from both quantum no-cloning and holographic bounds, while their locations align precisely with major physical epochs from recombination through hadronization to electroweak symmetry breaking. The observed value γ/H ≈ 1/8π and its connection to vacuum energy through (γt_P)² ≈ ρ_Λ/ρ_P suggest that information processing,
rather than field dynamics, is primary in early universe evolution. This convergence of independent principles, revealed through enhanced observational precision, provides the first direct evidence for discrete quantum gravitational phenomena in cosmic structure formation.

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