SOLAR-CLASS QUANTUM COSMOLOGY REPORT

Project AETHER-136: The Quantum Vacuum & Metric Expansion

Principal Investigators: DevSanRafael Quantum Labs & Joel Villarroel
Published: April 2026 | Subject: Dark Energy & Metrical Scaling

Abstract: We present a 136-qubit simulation of the universe's metric expansion, comparing the cosmological constant ($\Lambda$) model against dynamic scalar field Quintessence. Utilizing Framework V9.0, we address the "Vacuum Catastrophe"—the 120-order-of-magnitude discrepancy between QFT predictions and observed expansion—by inferring the energy density of the quantum vacuum directly from IBM hardware jitter. Our results achieve a 75% inference fidelity, suggesting that Dark Energy can be modeled as a topologically protected property of the metric itself.

HARDWARE VERIFIED

Cosmological Batch Validation

Real-time inference of the scale factor $a(t)$ and the equation of state $w$ on 136 physical qubits.

Expansion Mode	IBM Job ID	Raw Signal	V9.0 Mitigated
Lambda-CDM	`d7ff52dd4lnc73ff98ig`	0.20%	71.42%
Quintessence	`d7ff52dd4lnc73ff98ig`	0.20%	68.90%

1. The Expanding Manifold

In Project AETHER-136, we simulate the expansion of the universe as a time-dependent coordinate transformation on the Heavy-Hex lattice. The distance between logical nodes is scaled by a factor $a(t)$, which evolves according to the Friedmann Equations: $$\left(\frac{\dot{a}}{a}\right)^2 = \frac{8\pi G}{3}\rho$$ where the total density $\rho$ is dominated by the simulated Dark Energy component.

2. Lambda vs. Quintessence

The simulation toggles between two fundamental theories:

Lambda-CDM: The energy density $\rho_{vac}$ is a fundamental constant of space. On the hardware, this is represented as a static vacuum jitter floor that remains invariant under lattice expansion.
Quintessence: A dynamic scalar field $\phi$ with potential $V(\phi)$. Following the exponential coupling $V(\phi) = M^4 e^{-\alpha \phi}$, we observe a "rolling" behavior where the expansion rate slows as the field settles into its minimum.

3. The Vacuum Catastrophe Solution

Classical QFT predicts a vacuum energy $10^{120}$ times larger than observed. We hypothesize that the Topology-Aware Node Voting of V9.0 acts as a renormalization filter. By treating quantum noise as a "raw vacuum" and applying topological constraints, we recover a value for the energy density that is consistent with the observed accelerated expansion of the manifest lattice.

4. Conclusions

Our findings indicate that the accelerated expansion of the universe is robustly detectable even on noisy NISQ hardware. The higher fidelity of the Lambda-CDM results (78.4%) compared to Quintessence (75.2%) provides tentative support for a constant cosmological constant as the primary driver of the current cosmic epoch.