Emergent Spacetime Manifolds and the Geometric Derivation of Quantum Probability from Absolute Fields

Alexander Sickler

Arash E. Zaghi

This paper presents Relational Quantum Dynamics (RQD), a paradigm that re-envisions quantum theory and its interplay with spacetime, observers, and consciousness. Abandoning the notion of a preexisting universe or fixed manifold, RQD posits that observers, observed systems, and geometric structures emerge together as stable relational patterns in an underlying quantum substrate. Spacetime is thus recast as an effective, large-scale feature of entanglement and information flows rather than a fundamental stage. By eliminating pre-given observers and absolute properties, RQD unifies relational quantum mechanics, insights from holography and tensor networks, and non-dual philosophical traditions into a single idealist framework. Here, universal awareness is not an added element but the ontological ground, ensuring that subjective experience and physical reality co-derive from the same relational field. This approach not only demystifies the "hard problem" of consciousness, making it intrinsic rather than emergent but also resolves longstanding quantum puzzles, such as Wigner's friend and Frauchiger-Renner scenarios, by showing that no absolute vantage point or objective collapse is required. In harmonizing quantum theory, emergent geometry, and a fundamental awareness-based ontology, RQD reveals that quantum mechanics, gravity, and consciousness are facets of a single, integrated reality.

Enrique Canessa

Michael B. Mensky

Bahman Masarratbakhsh

Geometric Derivation of Quantum Mechanics from a 5D Time-Delay Manifold This paper introduces the "Time-Delay Field" (TDF) theory, a novel geometric framework that derives the fundamental equations of quantum mechanics from a deterministic five-dimensional spacetime structure. By treating the fifth dimension as an intrinsic "delay" coordinate ($\tau$), we demonstrate that quantum behaviors—such as superposition and interference—are projections of continuous 5D null geodesics onto our 4D reality. Abstract:We present a geometric derivation of quantum mechanics based on the TDF theory. Extending the spacetime manifold to five dimensions ($M_4 \times S^1$), where the fifth dimension $\tau$ represents an intrinsic time delay, we postulate that all fundamental particles travel on null geodesics in the 5D bulk. We demonstrate that the rest mass of a particle arises from its momentum component in the delay dimension, leading to a helical trajectory. The quantum wave function $\psi(x,t)$ is derived not as a probability amplitude, but as the Fourier projection of this 5D trajectory onto the 4D hypersurface. This framework rigorously recovers the Klein-Gordon and Schrödinger equations and provides a deterministic, geometric explanation for quantum interference and wave-particle duality. Furthermore, we address the measurement problem as a momentum transfer in the $\tau$-dimension and discuss consistency with recent experimental observations of symmetry-dependent quantum timing [Guo et al., 2026]. Key Contributions: Derivation of the Schrödinger Equation: Proves that the non-relativistic wave equation emerges naturally from the projection of 5D null paths. Resolution of Wave-Particle Duality: Explains wave-like interference as a topological phase accumulation (Moiré pattern) of helical trajectories. Objective Collapse Mechanism: Defines "measurement" as a momentum transfer in the delay dimension, eliminating the need for an observer. Mass-Dependent Decoherence: Introduces the "Quantumness Factor" ($\mathcal{Q}$), predicting an intrinsic transition from quantum to classical behavior for macroscopic masses. Experimental Alignment: Consistent with recent findings on geometry-dependent time delays in attosecond physics. Keywords: Quantum Foundations, Time-Delay Field, 5D Spacetime, Null Geodesics, Kaluza-Klein Theory, Measurement Problem, Emergent Quantum Mechanics, Geometric Phase.

YeXuan Chen

This paper proposes a theoretical prototype deriving spacetime structure from pure wave dynamics. Taking the discreteness of spacetime and the ontology of de Broglie waves as its two core axioms, it constructs a self-consistent geometric model. Through the"dragging"picture, the starting point of a probability wave is fixed at the origin and extends in all directions, with the outermost contour of its probability amplitude distribution (the wavefront) subject to the Orthogonality Constraint Principle—no non-zero probability amplitude can touch the Y-axis. The shape of the wavefront is determined by frequency and amplitude; therefore, a wave's Maximum Activity Angle is the diffusion limit of its probability cloud in spacetime, jointly determined by its frequency and amplitude. Among all waves satisfying this constraint, light is identified as a special wave possessing intrinsic locked-ness. This absolute invariance, locked by Planck's constant, is geometrically defined as 90 degrees. Light's 90-degree Activity Angle"opens up"a light-cone, a new reference frame, in spacetime. Within this light-cone framework, the light-speed limit principle, time dilation effect, and the geometric origin of the Lorentz transformation are further derived. This model reveals the geometric unity of classical and quantum mechanics: classical mechanics describes the deterministic boundary of the probability cloud, while quantum mechanics describes the probabilistic behavior within that boundary. The model provides a unified geometric perspective on wave-particle duality, the difficulty of the many-worlds interpretation, and the decoherence problem.