A shared physical explanation
Explore whether vacuum, matter and gravity can be described together, with compatible predictions at different scales—not a separate adjustment for each observation.
What ITSM means
Three ideas. One programme of physical tests.
Space with periodic connections
The proposed spatial topology is a three-torus, T³: a periodic connection in each of three spatial directions. It is not a claim that the universe is a doughnut embedded in space.
Order through physical exchange
Investigate how a subsystem can develop structure while exchanging energy and entropy with its environment. This does not mean reversing time or abandoning conservation for the combined system.
The vision
Connect the phenomena.
Earn the predictions.
The long-term aim is a coherent account of galaxy dynamics, gravitational lensing and cosmic evolution, grounded in the proposed vacuum physics.
A successful model must also recover the gravity we already test locally, remain stable and make predictions that observations can reject. These are research objectives, not completed achievements.
Read the aims and success criteria →Progress, without the jargon
Research checkpoint: 13 October 2026
A controlled dust calculation
The registered short-time linear calculation now has explicit correction terms and certified error bounds. It is a mathematical milestone—not yet proof of a physically viable cosmology.
The physical validity window
Coupled-mode and general-relativity recovery tests still expose unresolved stability and interaction questions. No candidate family has yet earned physical acceptance.
Matter coupling and acceleration
New mechanism screens narrow the options, but do not yet fix the force normalization or a numerical acceleration scale independently of target data.
Read. Check. Challenge.
The work is open to scrutiny. Start with the concept, read a focused draft, or examine the calculations behind a result.