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Abstract
Keywords:
Introduction
- Fundamental Structure: Space emerges from a dynamic network of Planck-scale Space Elementary Quanta (SEQs) – indivisible units whose elastic interactions and excitation states encode all physical phenomena.
- Time and Entropy: Global time arises from discrete, entropy-increasing transformations of the SEQ network, with local time dilation governed by modulation of SEQ state-transition frequencies .
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Mass-Gravity Unification:
- (i)
- SU(3) color forces compress local SEQ networks, storing energy as spatial strain (mass) while inducing external spacetime stretching (gravity).
- (ii)
- The Higgs field stabilizes this compression via symmetry breaking, acting as a chiral "quantum lock" to prevent energy dissipation.
1. Preparatory Assumptions
- The spin degrees of freedom of SEQs and their elastic bonds remain decoupled, preserving independent dynamical regimes.
- Under perturbation, the system responds by modifying SEQ resonant frequencies while generating compressive/tensile forces.
- This response is nonlinear and asymmetric, enabling emergent behaviors (e.g., regional gradient variations).
- SEQs are stable, indivisible structures composed of sub-Planckian components. SEQs’ spin emerges from collective space transformations at the sub-Planck level. This ensures the spin degrees of freedom do not interfere with elastic deformations in the SEQ network. This architecture naturally protects spin dynamics from elastic disturbances.
- At the sub-Planckian scale, the elastic properties of the underlying substrate impose an upper bound on the spacing modulation and tension between adjacent SEQs. This fundamental limit ensures that extreme deformations (e.g., near black hole singularities) cannot disrupt the topological integrity of the SEQ network.
- In this model, the harmonic oscillation intervals of SEQ are integer multiples of Planck time(tₚ). Consequently, all dynamic processes—including elastic strain interactions, harmonic conduction, as well as scalar, spinor field transmissions and other energy conduction mode induced by rotational axis dynamics—are fundamentally constrained by the discrete Planck-time intervals. This property inherently ensures the model's consistency with the discrete-time hypothesis in quantum mechanics and quantum gravity theories.
2. Time as a Counting Process of Spacetime Network Transformations
3. Definition and Analysis Formula of Entropy
| System State | SEQ Energy Distribution =12 |
Entropy |
Remarks |
| Initial non-equilibrium state | [3, 1, 5, 3] | 45 | - |
| Intermediate state | [3, 1, 4, 4] | 48 | - |
| Final state | [3, 2, 3, 4] | 72 | Due to adjacent energy transfer with minimal quanta h, this system cannot reach maximum entropy in this case |

4. Analysis of Action
5. Local Time, the Proper Time and Relative Time in Relativity
- Key Distinction from GR Effects
- SR Effects as Perceptual Phenomena
- Contrast with GR Mechanisms
6. Basic Physical Quantities in This Framework
7. Phenomenological Consistency Checks
7.1. Why can't the Speed of Light Stack Up?
7.2. Uncertainty Relation and Wave-Particle Duality
7.3. Double-Slit Experiment
7.4. Non-Conservation of Parity
7.5. Conjecture on Muon Decay experiment [3]
8. Experiment to Verify or Falsify the Hypotheses Proposed
9. Gravitational Interaction and General Relativity
10. Mass, Gravity, SU(3) and Higgs field in Quantum Field Theory
11. Thoughts on the 3D Spatial Arrangement Matrix of Microscopic Particles
12. Discussion
13. Summary
- Cubic
- Face-Centered Cubic (FCC)
- Hexagonal Close-Packed (HCP)
14. Statement
Funding
Conflict of Interest
Appendix A
A.1 Speculative Diagram of Proton's Internal Structure with Quarks and Gluons

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