Energy and the Informational Barrier A Mechanical Derivation of E = mc² in the Alpha Void Information Ontology Paper 5

Energy and the Informational Barrier: A Mechanical Derivation of E = mc² in the Alpha Void Information Ontology This paper presents a unified mechanical account of energy-mass equivalence within the Alpha Void Information Ontology (AVIO). Matter emerges when raw energy crosses the Informational Barrier — the critical locking threshold \(\beta_{\rm crit}(n) = 1 - 1/n^2\). Rest mass is the stored energy required to maintain locked magnetic towers of photon and neutrino components against reclamation by the Alpha Void. The framework derives \(E = mc^2\) as the natural conversion factor between free deviation (energy) and locked deviation structures (matter). It also provides mechanical explanations for: The origin of Planck’s constant (h) Quantization and the blackbody spectrum The photoelectric effect Magnetism as residual Greer Tax Time as the cumulative record of tax payments The neutron-proton mass difference The baryon asymmetry and the existence of something rather than nothing All phenomena flow from a single quanta equation and the chiral bias of reclamation waves, without additional postulates. This work offers an intuitive, minimal, and mechanically grounded understanding of energy-mass equivalence. Author: John Robert Lamarr GreerDate: June 2026