The Penrose Midpoint: A Unification of Gauge Fields and Curved Spacetime Surfaces
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: We present a complete derivation of the spectral seam hierarchy within the Penrose Midpoint Framework. The framework is defined by four minimal axioms on a warped product manifold M = A ×h B, where A is a 1 + 1-dimensional Lorentzian base carrying the dilaton and B is a compact Riemannian fibre. Phase disagreement on the fibres yields a topological characterisation. Given that light is a closed topological loop (S1) and spacetime is its smooth geometric base (S2), a complete universe (S3) requires them to be orthogonal and linked exactly once. Therefore, Quantum Field Theory and General Relativity are not competing forces; they are the fundamental fiber and base of a Hopf Fibration. The one-loop effective action of the phase field produces a hierarchy of finite spectral corrections (“seams”) generated by the zeta-regularised determinant. The first three seamsare linked by the exact structural identity seamn+1/seamn = 1/(2γEπ2). These seams are used in geometric derivations of fundamental constants the inverse fine-structure constant, the electron-to-Planck-mass ratio, the charged-lepton mass hierarchy, the proton-to-electron mass ratio, the neutron mass, and the weak mixing angle. This demonstrates that a single compact geometric structure, together with the universal anomaly data of a free scalar phase field, is sufficient to generate the observed hierarchy of fundamental constants.
Author: Mcgrath, Casey
Institution: The University of Queensland
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225628940
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