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Zenodo
2025
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16786518 |
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- <p>QIK 2.0 proposes a single physical substrate: a three‑dimensional “quantum web” (a lattice of standing electromagnetic waves) with spacing a ~ 1 fm. Light are waves on this web; matter are localized excitations (“stons”). There is no fundamental wave–particle duality: one substrate, two regimes (delocalized waves vs. long‑lived localized configurations). Lorentz symmetry is emergent for wavelengths much larger than a. The cubic‑lattice dispersion’s angular anisotropy is homogenized by local SU(3) triads, and the remaining isotropic (a k)^2 term is exponentially suppressed by quantum node smearing with RMS delta_x/a = 1/(2<em>pi). The Brillouin zone persists; the band edge sits at W0 = pi</em>hbar*c/a ~ 620 MeV.</p> <p>Matter is organized energy and it is expensive: creating it requires localization. A plane wave with E >> W0 does not create stons; a localized phase‑slip with E_loc >= 2<em>W0 on a single bond does. For an n‑ston bound state, define the unbound matter budget M = n</em>W0/c^2. The observed mass is set by the binding deficit: m = M − B/c^2 (i.e., mc^2 = n*W0 − B).</p> <p>Forces are different faces of the same web: Maxwell in the continuum limit; confinement with string tension sigma (calibrated to sigma ~ 0.90 GeV/fm; Y‑junctions favored over Delta); the weak sector from a single stiffness v = 246 GeV reproducing W, Z, and G_F; and weak‑field gravity from phase gradients obeying the Poisson equation, with tensor waves propagating near c. The framework uses 8–10 parameters (vs. >19 in the Standard Model) and is immediately testable: TeV‑scale lepton form‑factor deviations |1 − F(q^2)| ~ 10^−3–10^−2, delta a_mu ~ 2.5e−9, area‑law Wilson loops and Y‑geometry, and a smooth Lorentz‑violation envelope |Delta c|/c ~ (a k)^2 * exp(−k^2*delta_x^2) that stays below current bounds while keeping the zone. No optical anisotropy and no sharp photon cutoff are expected.</p> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> quantum web; single‑substrate physics; emergent Lorentz symmetry; SU(3) homogenization; Brillouin zone; confinement; weak stiffness v; Poisson gravity; mass budget “m = M − B/c^2”.</p>