From QCD Topology to Emergent Gravity: Emergent Gravitational Dynamics from Gauge Topology

We propose a unified framework that derives gravitational and gauge interactions from topological structures inherent in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and the Standard Model (SM). By introducing a diagrammatic Hilbert space structured through combinatorial QCD amplitudes and defining a projection operator that filters topologically invariant sectors, we recover gravitational dynamics as an emergent phenomenon. The approach maintains full consistency with perturbative renormalizability, captures known SM phenomenology, and incorporates non-perturbative QCD topology such as instantons and confinement structures. This projection-based formalism suggests a deeper link between gauge redundancy, spacetime geometry, and effective field theories.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2025-08-28
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16983774
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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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Abstract

We propose a unified framework that derives gravitational and gauge interactions from topological structures inherent in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and the Standard Model (SM). By introducing a diagrammatic Hilbert space structured through combinatorial QCD amplitudes and defining a projection operator that filters topologically invariant sectors, we recover gravitational dynamics as an emergent phenomenon. The approach maintains full consistency with perturbative renormalizability, captures known SM phenomenology, and incorporates non-perturbative QCD topology such as instantons and confinement structures. This projection-based formalism suggests a deeper link between gauge redundancy, spacetime geometry, and effective field theories.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Philipps University of Marburg (DE), Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE), Giessen School of Theology (DE)
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