This preprint presents a physical reinterpretation of quantum phenomena within the framework of Relativistic Coherent Vacuum Gravity Theory (rCVGT). The theory models the vacuum as a structured medium described by four dynamical fields governing coherence, flow, and time rate. Quantum entanglement, interference, and measurement are interpreted as manifestations of vacuum-coherence dynamics rather than abstract postulates. Nonlocal correlations arise from extended vacuum coherence without superluminal signaling or superdeterminism. Measurement-induced collapse corresponds to localized vacuum decoherence driven by macroscopic interactions. The double-slit experiment is explained through vacuum-mediated coherent propagation. The framework preserves the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics while providing a physical mechanism consistent with relativistic causality. rCVGT unifies quantum and gravitational behavior by assigning physical structure to the vacuum. The work offers testable predictions and experimental pathways. It aims to contribute to quantum foundations and the reconciliation of quantum mechanics with relativity.
This preprint presents a physical reinterpretation of quantum phenomena within the framework of Relativistic Coherent Vacuum Gravity Theory (rCVGT). The theory models the vacuum as a structured medium described by four dynamical fields governing coherence, flow, and time rate. Quantum entanglement, interference, and measurement are interpreted as manifestations of vacuum-coherence dynamics rather than abstract postulates. Nonlocal correlations arise from extended vacuum coherence without superluminal signaling or superdeterminism. Measurement-induced collapse corresponds to localized vacuum decoherence driven by macroscopic interactions. The double-slit experiment is explained through vacuum-mediated coherent propagation. The framework preserves the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics while providing a physical mechanism consistent with relativistic causality. rCVGT unifies quantum and gravitational behavior by assigning physical structure to the vacuum. The work offers testable predictions and experimental pathways. It aims to contribute to quantum foundations and the reconciliation of quantum mechanics with relativity.
The quantum measurement problem remains one of the most profound unresolved issues in fundamental physics. While quantum mechanics delivers extraordinarily precise statistical predictions, it does not specify a physical mechanism by which definite classical outcomes arise from quantum superpositions. Decoherence theory accounts for the suppression of interference but does not explain outcome selection or the stability of classical reality. This paper investigates quantum measurement within the framework of Relativistic Coherent Vacuum Gravity Theory (rCVGT). In rCVGT, the vacuum is modeled as a structured relativistic medium characterized by a coherence order parameter ψ(x), a coherence magnitude Q(x) = |ψ(x)|², a vacuum-flow four-field u^μ(x), and a physical time-rate field τ(x). We propose that quantum measurement corresponds to a dynamical instability of vacuum coherence induced by macroscopic coupling to matter and radiation. Classical outcomes emerge when local vacuum coherence is driven below a critical stability threshold, resulting in an irreversible reconfiguration of the vacuum state. The collapse timescale is determined by the vacuum-coherence self-energy defined within rCVGT. This mechanism simultaneously provides a physical foundation for classicality, irreversibility, and the arrow of time. The framework preserves the formal structure and empirical predictions of quantum mechanics while offering a unified physical explanation of measurement grounded in relativistic vacuum dynamics.
This paper presents a physical theory of vacuum noise and decoherence within the framework of Relativistic Coherent Vacuum Gravity Theory (rCVGT). The work addresses the conceptual limitations of standard quantum field theory, where vacuum fluctuations are typically described in terms of operator uncertainties and decoherence is modeled through environmental entanglement without a direct physical description of vacuum dynamics. In rCVGT the vacuum is treated as a structured relativistic medium characterized by a coherence order parameter ψ(x), a coherence magnitude Q(x)=|ψ(x)|², a vacuum-flow four-field u^μ(x), and a physical time-rate field τ(x). Vacuum fluctuations are interpreted as dynamical perturbations of these fields around metastable equilibrium states. The theory provides a physical mechanism for vacuum noise and shows how decoherence can arise from irreversible amplification of coherence fluctuations through coupling to macroscopic systems. Within this framework, vacuum noise, decoherence, and the quantum-to-classical transition obtain a unified physical interpretation while preserving the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. This work contributes to the ongoing development of rCVGT as a physically motivated extension of relativistic vacuum dynamics and provides a foundation for future theoretical and experimental investigations of vacuum structure and coherence phenomena.
This preprint develops a physical mechanism for quantum state reduction within the Relativistic Coherent Vacuum Gravity Theory (rCVGT). Building on Penrose’s gravitational collapse proposal, it formulates a generalized self-energy functional that includes not only mass–energy differences but also vacuum coherence and physical time-rate structure. Quantum superpositions are interpreted as competing vacuum configurations, and collapse arises as a finite-time instability of the physical time-rate field. The framework identifies vacuum dynamics, rather than stochastic noise or measurement postulates, as the driver of state reduction. In appropriate limits, the model reproduces Penrose-type collapse while extending it to coherence-dominated and mesoscopic regimes. The work offers a physically grounded, testable approach to the quantum measurement problem rooted in vacuum structure and emergent time. Companion paper to: “Quantum Phenomena as Vacuum-Coherence Dynamics in rCVGT” (Nielsen, 2025), 10.5281/zenodo.17950974.
This preprint examines macroscopic quantum systems, specifically superconducting qubits and SQUIDs within the framework of the Relativistic Coherent Vacuum Gravity Theory (rCVGT). Macroscopic quantum devices demonstrate that quantum coherence can persist in systems involving billions of electrons, occupying a regime traditionally viewed as intermediate between microscopic quantum physics and classical behavior. While standard quantum mechanics and superconducting circuit theory successfully describe these systems operationally, their existence raises foundational questions about the physical origin, stability, and breakdown of quantum coherence at macroscopic scales. In rCVGT, quantum coherence is interpreted as a physical property of a structured relativistic vacuum rather than as a purely abstract state-vector attribute. Within this perspective, macroscopic quantum states correspond to extended, low-entropy coherent vacuum configurations stabilized by superconducting order. Decoherence and measurement are interpreted as physical processes involving the degradation of vacuum coherence, consistent with (but ontologically deeper than) standard environment-induced decoherence descriptions. This work does not modify the operational form or experimentally validated predictions of quantum mechanics, superconducting circuit theory, or general relativity in the regimes considered. All standard results for qubits, SQUIDs, and macroscopic quantum tunneling remain unchanged. Instead, the paper provides a coherent physical interpretation that integrates macroscopic quantum phenomena with the vacuum-based ontology of rCVGT. The preprint is intended as a conceptual and interpretive supplement to the main rCVGT framework, clarifying how macroscopic quantum coherence, measurement, and classicality naturally fit into a vacuum-coherence-based description of gravity and spacetime. It stands independently, while supporting the broader rCVGT research program linking quantum mechanics, gravity, and emergent physical time.
We propose a unified physical framework in which four-dimensional spacetime vacuum is the unique physical reality, and all quanta are its localized topological excitations. Matter particles correspond to stable knot-like configurations, while radiation quanta correspond to weak propagating ripples of the same substrate. From this single ontological commitment, we derive: (1) wave–particle duality is resolved—particle behavior belongs to the localized excitation, wave behavior to the disturbance field it generates in spacetime; (2) double-slit interference arises from coherent superposition between a quantum's newly sourced disturbance and its own historical disturbance field, not from ontological self-superposition; (3) the wave function is a statistical tool encoding ensemble distributions of trajectories modulated by disturbance feedback, and collapse is epistemic convergence rather than a physical process; (4) quantum entanglement corresponds to Planck-scale topological connectivity (microscopic Einstein–Rosen bridges), preserving relativistic causality; (5) gravity is the macroscopic accumulation of universal but individually weak quantum–vacuum couplings, explaining both its microscopic weakness and macroscopic dominance without requiring a graviton; (6) the four fundamental interactions are differentiated coupling modes of quanta to one spacetime vacuum field; and (7) apparent dark matter and dark energy are reinterpreted as collective topological curvature and large-scale vacuum self-relaxation, respectively. We formulate falsifiable predictions at both laboratory and cosmological scales, including disturbance–corpuscle separation interferometry, tunable decoherence threshold measurements, and galaxy rotation–topology correlations. The framework compresses the conventional axiomatic structure of quantum mechanics and cosmology into one master axiom and eliminates at least twenty-eight independent interpretive assumptions.
The previous statistical formulation of Quantum Gravity Theory based on Inverted Rel-ativity (QGT:IR) established a constitutive description of the vacuum through a hierarchyof correlation functions, effective Green functions, and constitutive electromagnetic kernels.Those results demonstrated that the constitutive vacuum possesses the mathematical struc-tures required for correlated propagation and interference-like dynamics, while explicitlyavoiding any claim of deriving Quantum Mechanics.The present work investigates whether this constitutive statistical framework can beextended to reproduce the mathematical structure of two fundamental quantum phenomena:double-slit interference and nonlocal correlations. Starting exclusively from the constitutivescalar action and its statistical extension, we derive the effective electromagnetic responsegenerated by multiple constitutive sources, construct the corresponding intensity functionalmeasured by an ideal detector, and establish the conditions under which interference patternsemerge from constitutive vacuum correlations.The same formalism is then generalized to spatially separated constitutive regions, al-lowing the construction of normalized constitutive correlation functions analogous to thoseemployed in quantum correlation experiments. Their mathematical properties are analyzedtogether with the conditions required for long-range constitutive coherence.Throughout the article a strict distinction is maintained between exact mathematicalderivations, effective constitutive models, and working hypotheses. No claim is made thatthe Born rule, Hilbert-space structure, wavefunctions, quantum entanglement, or violationsof Bell inequalities are derived. Instead, the present work establishes a unified constitutiveframework from which experimentally testable interference and nonlocal correlation phenom-ena may emerge as effective macroscopic consequences of statistical vacuum dynamics.