Trans-Bounce Peripheral Relic Dynamics: Resolving Early Galaxy Assembly and Cyclic Thermodynamic Regulation via Horizon-Regulated Boundary Stranding
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Standard Lambda-CDM cosmology faces severe observational tension from James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detections of massive, chemically enriched galaxies at redshifts z > 14, alongside foundational thermodynamic challenges in cyclic bounce models regarding entropy accumulation and horizon-scale singularities. Extending our prior anisotropic quintessence framework (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.24117832), we introduce a self-regulating, trans-bounce peripheral relic mechanism. As a late-time emergent cosmic macro-structure migrates outward and exhausts its decaying vacuum potential, gravitational turnaround detaches the dense interior toward a central Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG) bounce while stranding a residual fraction of compact boundary knots at the peripheral turnaround border. By remaining causally outside the newborn Hubble horizon during Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) decoupling (z = 1100), these relics shed prior-cycle entropy density and leave zero quadrupole glare, re-entering causal contact at z ~ 25 to seed rapid, metal-enriched galaxy assembly matching JADES-GS-z14-0. Furthermore, we formulate an activity-coupled dissipation law wherein internal cosmic clustering regulates the dark energy burn rate and relic inheritance across generations, functioning as a damped thermodynamic thermostat that locks cyclic lifespans into a stable ~31.8 Gyr equilibrium.
Author: Rajendran, Prasanth
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225809673