TITLE:
Crystalline Time: A Model of Cosmogenesis from Logical Asymmetry
AUTHORS:
Peter Daniel Swartz
KEYWORDS:
Big Bang, Discrete Spacetime, Emergent Geometry, Causal Set Theory, Planck Scale, Entropy, Information Theory, Backflow Cosmology
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of High Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology,
Vol.12 No.2,
March
31,
2026
ABSTRACT: This paper proposes a novel framework for cosmogenesis in which the universe is bounded not only by energetic or geometric constraints, but also by logical structure. We define two cosmogenic boundary conditions: the Planck Portal, marking causal termination at
T
BH
=
T
Planck
, and the Absolute Zero Boundary, representing anti-causal initiation at
T
BB
=
T
abs.zero
. These dual ruptures in spacetime—driven respectively by mass-energy density and logical asymmetry—establish a time-symmetric model in which black holes act as curvature-bound information sinks and the Big Bang is interpreted as a recrystallization rupture within a cold, metastable vacuum. We introduce the concept of a crystalline vacuum lattice whose structure sets a shape-dependent threshold for cosmogenesis, replacing the traditional notion of a singularity. This model offers a path toward unifying entropy, information flow, and the arrow of time within a logically grounded, predictive cosmological theory.