Paper 58: The Holosphere Angular Modulation Model: Resolving Galaxy Size Trends Without Expansion or Turnover

The angular size of galaxies as a function of redshift has long been used as a cosmological test. The standard Lambda Cold Dark Matter (CDM) model predicts a minimum in angular diameter distance near z ∼ 1.5, followed by an increase in angular size due to geometric projection effects. However, deep-field galaxy surveys from HST and JWST show no such turnover. Instead, observed angular sizes continue to shrink across the full redshift range. In this paper, we present a coherence-based alternative derived from Holosphere Theory. Rather than attributing redshift to spatial expansion, the model links angular modulation in a rotating discrete lattice. The resulting angular adjustment factor increases exponentially with distance and produces a smooth, turnover-free angular size trend. Weshowthat this coherence-based angular modulation model matches real galaxy size observations across redshifts z ∼ 0.1 to z ∼ 10 with no tuning, and aligns more closely with observed angular sizes than CDM. This result supports the interpretation of redshift and angular scale as physical strain effects—rather than coordinate artifacts—and opens a path toward a new understanding of cosmic structure and light propagation.