Physics & Spacearticle2026-10-06

A Simplified Scalar Metric for Environmental Temporal Dilation: The Net Chronokinetic Deficit (Ξ_T)

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Abstract

We extract and formalize a unified, dimensionless scalar parameter—the Net Chronokinetic Deficit ()—from the foundational invariant line element of Chronokinetic Conservation (). By parameterizing total environmental time dilation into a single additive tax identity (), this framework bypasses full metric tensor expansions in weak-field regimes. We demonstrate that for terrestrial observers, spatial translation through the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) rest frame burns over three orders of magnitude more temporal processing capacity annually than Earth’s entire gravitational mass (). This scalar index provides a simplified, coordinate-independent computational tool for satellite telemetry, orbital mechanics, and relativistic astrophysics.

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View paper (DOI)Open access versionOpenAlexZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)Published 2026-10-06

Authors: Brett A Bray