Information-Theoretic Framework Proposes Fine Structure Constant as Derived from Resolution Cascade Efficiency

Summary

This working paper proposes an information-theoretic framework that reinterprets fundamental physical constants like the fine structure constant (α) as derived quantities rather than fundamental inputs. The paper extends the Resolution Cosmology framework to the microscopic sector, suggesting that α represents the efficiency ratio of a "resolution cascade" process where quantum possibilities become geometric records. Using Shannon channel capacity theory, the model treats α as the efficiency of a resolution channel bounded by thermodynamic noise. The framework makes falsifiable predictions about redshift evolution of α and suggests correlations between spatial variation of α and large-scale matter distribution, potentially explaining observational phenomena like the Webb dipole.