Statistical Origin of an Emergent Vacuum Pseudoscalar Mode
This paper develops a statistical and microscopic interpretation for an emergent pseudoscalar mode previously introduced in a phenomenological framework of modified vacuum electrodynamics. Rather than treating the field as a fundamental axion-like particle, the work models the vacuum as a statistical ensemble of unresolved microscopic configurations whose collective behavior can generate an effective pseudoscalar order parameter coupled to the electromagnetic invariant (E \cdot B). Through coarse graining and effective-field-theory arguments, the framework motivates a temperature-dependent mass scale, finite damping time, resonant susceptibility, and coherence length capable of producing experimentally testable signatures including vacuum birefringence, delayed electromagnetic emission, resonance enhancement, and cavity-scale coherence effects. The theory is intentionally exploratory and is presented as a falsifiable phenomenological model rather than a completed microscopic description of the vacuum.
Authors
- Erick Sangalang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4039-2815)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-04-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19801919
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00