A Structural–Informational Model of Space-Time: Fundamental Pressure, Cellular Lattice, and Vacuum Architecture
Abstract
This article establishes the theoretical foundations of a structural–informational model of space–time in which the vacuum is treated as a physically real, material–informational medium rather than an empty geometric background. Space–time is proposed to possess an intrinsic cellular organization governed by a universal fundamental pressure, which acts as the primary stabilizing quantity for localized energy configurations. Within this framework, energy localization is identified with finite space–time volumes, and mass emerges as a structural manifestation of space–time deformation maintained by pressure equilibrium. Two distinct but interconnected structural levels are developed. The normal space–time lattice forms locally in association with matter and underlies electromagnetic interactions, providing geometric interpretations of electric charge and electromagnetic constants as response parameters of the structured vacuum. At a deeper level, a background space–time lattice is introduced as a global, matter-independent structural state of the metric, responsible for gravitational dynamics. Collective oscillations of this background lattice lead naturally to the prediction of a global low-frequency pulsation of space–time with a characteristic frequency near 0.06 Hz, identified as an intrinsic eigenmode of the structured vacuum. The model bridges classical mechanics, general relativity, and quantum behavior by extending the de Broglie relation to include cellular participation of space–time and by interpreting wave–particle duality as a scale-dependent manifestation of cellular dynamics. Experimentally relevant consequences are examined, most notably neutron β-decay, where the observed neutron lifetime emerges as a geometric delay associated with electron propagation through the normal space–time lattice. The close agreement between theoretical predictions and experimental measurements supports the physical reality of the proposed structural parameters. Overall, the framework shifts the foundations of physics from material entities to the organization and dynamics of space–time itself.