Abstract
This paper introduces a novel, non-perturbative quantum cosmological framework wherein gravity is treated strictly as a macroscopic, non-fundamental, emergent phenomenon. The foundational degrees of freedom reside entirely on a dual-state, non-gravitational 2D spatial substrate (the boundary layer) containing opposing potential valences. Crucially, this framework postulates the non-existence of the graviton as a fundamental force-carrier particle. What macroscopically manifests as gravitational attraction in the projected 3D bulk is reinterpreted as a state of perpetual geodesic translation driven by how the 3D metric tensor topologically filters the underlying dual-state substrate information. By introducing the Metric Confinement Principle, this framework ensures absolute consistency with empirical 3D antimatter gravity observations while naturally neutralizing the ultraviolet divergences and renormalization infinities that plague traditional perturbative models.
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Recommended Citation
Eckes, Christopher L., "The Metric Confinement Principle: Non-Perturbative Quantum Gravity without Fundamental Gravitons", Technical Disclosure Commons, (June 30, 2026)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/10678