Does holography predict the 2.3 meV scale independently of cosmological observations?
Public summary of an internal test, not yet independently validated or published.
Question investigated
Does holography predict the 2.3 meV scale independently of cosmological observations?
Test conditions
The derivation relates the energy scale to de Sitter entropy and expansion. The analysis identifies the quantities used, particularly H₀ and the observed dark-energy density, and checks whether the asymptotic expansion is determined independently.
Result
The derivation gives 2.283 meV when H₀ and the observed dark-energy density are used. In this formulation, the value is recovered from observations and is not an independent prediction.
Key figure
Energy
2.283 meV
Recovered scale
The derivation reproduces 2.283 meV using H₀ and the observed dark-energy density. In this formulation, the scale is therefore recovered from the data rather than independently predicted.
Source: Tower public snapshot
Specific limitations
- An independent prediction requires that the scale not be fixed by the very expansion and dark-energy data it is intended to explain.
- Scale recovered using H₀ and observed dark-energy density. This is neither an independent prediction nor an uncertainty interval.