Time
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This paper develops a mechanical ontology of time in which temporal flow emerges fromthe recursion rate of physical systems rather than from geometric properties of spacetime. Inthe Canon framework, every physical system evolves through discrete recursive state-updates,and the rate of these updates defines its temporal cadence. Field density imposes resistance torecursion — recursive drag — that slows this cadence and manifests observationally as timedilation.A central prediction of the recursion-density ontology diverges sharply from generalrelativity: acceleration alone, independent of tangential velocity or gravitational potential,generates field density and therefore slows recursion. Relativity explicitly attributes temporaleffects only to velocity and gravitational curvature, not to acceleration as such. This divergencecreates an opportunity for direct empirical discrimination.To test this prediction, a centrifuge-based experiment is proposed that isolates accelerationfrom velocity by minimising rotor radius while maximising angular velocity. At low tangentialspeeds the relativistic dilation ∆t/t ≈12(v/c)2is negligible. If measurable dilation proportionalto radial acceleration is nonetheless observed, the recursion-density model is supported. Ifno dilation above the relativistic prediction is found, the geometric ontology is confirmed andthe Canon calibration parameter kα is bounded from above. Either outcome is scientificallydecisive.This paper extends the Structural Time framework [4] and connects to the Gravity asMechanical Attractor paper [5]. The acceleration-density relationship is derived from theCanon’s single pressure axiom.
Author: Gilbert, Dexter
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7141699267
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