A Phase-Based Effective Framework for Gravitational Phenomena and Cosmic Mass Discrepancies

We propose an effective theoretical framework in which spacetime, gravity, and cosmolog
ical mass discrepancies emerge from a small primordial phase asymmetry between counter
propagating quantum degrees of freedom. In the perfectly symmetric limit, complete phase
cancellation prevents the emergence of spacetime. A nonzero phase asymmetry introduces time
as phase evolution, space as phase propagation, and energy as incomplete cancellation.
Weconstruct a minimal nonlinear phase Lagrangian and show that gravitational phenomena
arise as a geometric response of the phase structure to trapped energy rather than as a fun
damental interaction. The extreme weakness of gravity and the smallness of the cosmological
constant follow naturally from a fourth-order dependence on the primordial phase asymmetry
parameter.
The framework predicts a cumulative, history-dependent phase effect that leads to a redshift
dependent discrepancy between dynamical and lensing mass estimates, accompanied by a small
residual spectral shift. This yields a unified, falsifiable observational relation that distinguishes
the model from dark matter scenarios and standard ΛCDM cosmology