My thesis work (written in italian) is published in the University of Padova archive:
Brussi 2025_Epistemology of time and cosmological interpretations
As an appendix to the same thesis I put a first development draft of the non-standard framework, which, after significant revisions, later became my work
The URD Framework.
Abstract
The aims of this study on time are first to explore its ontological meaning in the historical developments that have accompanied its interpretative evolution, and then to examine some theoretical critical issues raised by recent literature. With some original theses, some alternative explanations for the expansion of the universe are then analyzed, which the current interpretation claims to be observed experimentally, by means of a model based on the ‘specific time’ of photons as an alternative to the ‘universal time’. Furthermore, it is hypothesized a model that considers the presence of an energy density in the cosmic fluid (called aether) that interacts with the incident radiation, thus determining a redshift effect in the wavelength, or an even longer time for the same radiation to diffuse. The consistency of ‘specific time’ has been verified with Minkowski spacetime, with Einstein’s principles of special relativity, and with Friedman’s equations of cosmic dynamics. Having demonstrated the fallacy of this ‘specific time’ hypothesis, the positive conclusion is that there is no need to postulate a universal time. Once one is defined, its uniqueness or universality can be demonstrated (within the limits of the adopted models). To complement the study, possible causes of the redshift, alternative to the standard cosmological model, were analyzed. It has been taken in consideration the hypothesis that the same universe behaves like a black body, emitting a radiation (the cosmic microwave radiation) that can interact with the observed photons coming from remote sources, attenuating their energy and determining their redshift. A cross section for photons, and a model for photon-photon interactions that respects the law of conservation of energy have therefore been hypothesized. As a basis for the conjectures, direct observational evidence was considered, not interpreted by means of theories, obtaining (from the comparison with other standard candles) better distance estimates than the official ones based on Hubble’s law. This addendum is included as an Annex, believing that the same conjectures and some original models can represent a reference for future in-depth studies.
The work is written in Italian (1.8 MB):
Brussi 2025_Epistemologia del tempo e interpretazioni cosmologiche
