The Geometric Engine: A Deterministic Blueprint for the Subatomic World

For nearly a century, Quantum Mechanics has provided unprecedented statistical accuracy in predicting subatomic phenomena, yet it remains fundamentally agnostic about the underlying dynamical reality of matter. By modeling fundamental particles as dimensionless points, the Standard Model relies on phenomenological probability waves rather than deterministic physical structures. This conceptual paper revisits John Archibald Wheeler’s 1955 concept of the 'Geon' (Gravitational Electromagnetic Entity) and proposes a resolution to its historical instability by bridging topological field theory with the principles of Stochastic Electrodynamics (SED). We present a speculative framework wherein the fundamental particle is not a mathematical singularity, but a stable, macroscopic topological field configuration—a soliton. Governed by the continuous spacetime matrix, the $377 \, \Omega$ vacuum impedance is reinterpreted conceptually as the structural boundary of an electromagnetic transmission line. The Geon soliton maintains a dynamic thermodynamic equilibrium via Langevin field dynamics: its continuous topological dissipation through spatial curvature is precisely offset by the absorption of kinetic energy from stochastic zero-point vacuum fluctuations. Within this ontology, rest mass is the thermodynamic footprint of the field knot, and electric charge emerges strictly from spatial asymmetry, providing a novel geometric rationale for fractional quark charges via 3D trefoil knot topology. Furthermore, by applying Lorentz transformations to the soliton's internal frequency, we explore how wave-particle duality and discrete quantization can be interpreted as deterministic consequences of relativistic phase projection in Minkowski spacetime. By fundamentally rejecting non-contextual realism in favor of timeless 4D geometric transactions, this essay offers a unified, causal reinterpretation of quantum uncertainty, atomic stability, and Bell's Theorem, translating statistical quantum phenomena into deterministic macroscopic field mechanics.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-05-17
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19800421
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Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
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The Geometric Engine: A Deterministic Blueprint for the Subatomic World

Gerard Manintveld
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
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The Geometric Engine: A Deterministic Blueprint for the Subatomic World

Gerard Manintveld
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Abstract

For nearly a century, Quantum Mechanics has provided unprecedented statistical accuracy in predicting subatomic phenomena, yet it remains fundamentally agnostic about the underlying dynamical reality of matter. By modeling fundamental particles as dimensionless points, the Standard Model relies on phenomenological probability waves rather than deterministic physical structures. This conceptual paper revisits John Archibald Wheeler’s 1955 concept of the 'Geon' (Gravitational Electromagnetic Entity) and proposes a resolution to its historical instability by bridging topological field theory with the principles of Stochastic Electrodynamics (SED). We present a speculative framework wherein the fundamental particle is not a mathematical singularity, but a stable, macroscopic topological field configuration—a soliton. Governed by the continuous spacetime matrix, the $377 \, \Omega$ vacuum impedance is reinterpreted conceptually as the structural boundary of an electromagnetic transmission line. The Geon soliton maintains a dynamic thermodynamic equilibrium via Langevin field dynamics: its continuous topological dissipation through spatial curvature is precisely offset by the absorption of kinetic energy from stochastic zero-point vacuum fluctuations. Within this ontology, rest mass is the thermodynamic footprint of the field knot, and electric charge emerges strictly from spatial asymmetry, providing a novel geometric rationale for fractional quark charges via 3D trefoil knot topology. Furthermore, by applying Lorentz transformations to the soliton's internal frequency, we explore how wave-particle duality and discrete quantization can be interpreted as deterministic consequences of relativistic phase projection in Minkowski spacetime. By fundamentally rejecting non-contextual realism in favor of timeless 4D geometric transactions, this essay offers a unified, causal reinterpretation of quantum uncertainty, atomic stability, and Bell's Theorem, translating statistical quantum phenomena into deterministic macroscopic field mechanics.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
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