Paper 12 Time Dilation and Redshift from Coherent Angular Strain in the Holosphere Lattice

This paper examines time dilation in SN Refsdal, the first multiply imaged supernova, as a test case for how redshift stretches time in distant astrophysical events. In standard cosmology (ΛCDM), time dilation is assumed to scale directly with redshift as (1+z), based on the expansion of space. Holosphere Theory offers an alternative explanation in which redshift arises from photon propagation through a structured, rotating coherence lattice, combining a motion-related (Doppler-like) effect and a geometric phase effect. Using publicly available Hubble Space Telescope photometry, we estimate time stretching from the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the light curves for four lensed images of SN Refsdal. FWHM is treated as a practical but approximate proxy for the temporal stretch parameter. We compare the observed widths with predictions from both ΛCDM and a baseline Holosphere model in which only the Doppler-like component contributes to time dilation. Both models overpredict the observed widths, but the Holosphere baseline prediction is consistently closer to the data across all four images. Because the analysis relies on a simple width estimator rather than full template fitting, the result is interpreted as a cautious consistency check rather than a definitive measurement. The paper outlines how future high-redshift supernova observations with higher precision can test whether departures from pure (1+z) time dilation emerge, providing a falsifiable path for distinguishing between expansion-based and coherence-based redshift mechanisms.