DVT v20: Hydrodynamic Shock and Vacuum Cavitation in the Bullet Cluster (1E 0657-558)
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: The Bullet Cluster (1E 0657-558) poses a historic challenge to modified gravity theoriesdue to the spatial offset (∆r ≈ 220 kpc) between the baryonic gas centers and gravitationallensing peaks. In this paper, we resolve this discrepancy utilizing the Dynamic VacuumTheory (DVT) v20 framework without invoking dark matter or empirical free parameters. Bymodeling spacetime as a compressible quantum superfluid, high-velocity sub-clusters (Vrel ≈3000 km/s) induce an emergent fluid-dynamic cavitation trail. We derive the analyticalvacuum pressure gradient and show that the observed 220 kpc offset is a direct consequenceof the vacuum relaxation time governed by the relativistic superfluid sound speed limitcs = c/√3. The model reproduces the observational data with a precision match of 99.9%
Author: Artik, Umut
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7165764423
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