Introduction
Since the foundations of classical mechanics, physics has described the dynamics of matter using quantities such as mass, velocity, force, and energy. Newton’s laws provided a remarkably successful framework for understanding motion and inertia, forming the basis of centuries of scientific and technological progress. However, in this classical view, time was treated as absolute and passive — a uniform parameter marking the evolution of motion without itself participating in physical dynamics.
The advent of Einstein’s theory of relativity transformed this conception, elevating time to a dynamical quantity. Time could now dilate, contract, and curve in the presence of motion and gravitation. Mass too became entwined with energy and momentum, no longer an exclusively intrinsic property. Yet, despite these profound advances, several foundational questions remain:
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What fundamentally gives rise to mass?
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What is the true origin of inertia?
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Can the apparent diversity of forces be traced to a deeper and unified mechanism?
In this work, we propose that time not only varies but resists deformation, actively participating in the dynamics of physical systems. We introduce the concept of time inertia, complementing the classical notion of space inertia. We suggest that mass, gravitation, radiation, and fields are natural consequences of the coupling between these two dynamic components.
Our approach is grounded in a dual-inertia law, in which the resistance to changes in velocity defines space inertia, and the resistance to changes in proper time defines time inertia.
From this principle, we demonstrate that mass emerges as the confined energy of oscillations between space and time, classical forces and wave phenomena result from this same time-space exchange, a unified system of field equations can describe mechanical, electromagnetic, nuclear, and gravitational behaviour.
This framework is developed progressively: beginning with the physical foundation of time-space oscillations, continuing through the emergence of mass and the interpretation of known fields, and concluding with perspectives for further quantisation and field-theoretic development.
Section 1 — Fundamental Principle: Time Inertia and Space Inertia
1.1. Time and Space as Dynamic and Inertial Entities
In classical physics, space and time are treated as geometrical coordinates, serving as passive backgrounds where physical processes unfold. In the present theory, we propose a radical shift: time and space possess intrinsic inertia. They are not simply dimensions, but dynamical entities capable of resisting, deforming, and coupling, thereby giving rise to all known physical phenomena.
We introduce:
The
space inertia field, defined as:
which characterises the system’s ability to accelerate or resist motion in space.
The
time deformation field, which we now call
:
expressing how proper time responds to changes in spatial motion.
Unlike traditional theories, where time is simply a coordinate in spacetime, here plays a direct dynamical role. It can vary locally and globally, and its deformations lead directly to observable physical effects.
1.2. The Coupling Between Space Inertia and Time Deformation
The central postulate of the theory is the
dynamic coupling between S and
:
This symmetry implies that:
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Variations in time deformation generate space motion (forces and accelerations),
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Variations in space motion induce time deformation adjustments.
This is the fundamental interaction at the heart of Unified Field dynamics.
1.3. The Physical Meaning
This coupling:
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Explains why forces emerge naturally as the result of time deformation acting on spatial inertia,
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Predicts that systems will exhibit wave-like behaviours,
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Accounts for the appearance of mass, inertia, gravitational phenomena, and electromagnetic fields,
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Suggests that massive and massless systems differ by whether T stabilises or propagates.
This naturally leads to the interpretation that:
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Particles with mass are systems where T is stabilised,
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Waves, such as photons, are pure propagations of T without stabilisation.
1.4. Compatibility with Existing Physics
This theory does not reject existing physics; rather, it generalises and explains it:
Newton’s mechanics [
1] emerges naturally when
stabilises to produce mass:
where mass will later be shown to be an
integral over
, not just a point-wise value.
Maxwell’s [
4] equations are contained implicitly within the coupling structure, as we will show, and
Einstein’s General Relativity will arise as the limit case of large-scale gradients of
, producing gravitational effects.
Therefore, the classical laws of mechanics, electromagnetism, and gravitation are simply the low-deformation, stabilised, or symmetry-limited cases of this general dynamical framework.
1.5. The Road Ahead
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With these principles, we are now ready to construct:
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The theory of pure waves (photons, gravitational waves) in the next section,
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The appearance of mass through stabilised T
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The extension to nuclear structure and gravity
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The understanding of spin, magnetic behaviour, and electromagnetism via internal dynamics of T.
We now move to analyse pure waves in the next section.
Section 2 — The Space World, the Time World, and the Origin of Mass
2.1. The Space World: Motion as Velocity Change
In the familiar world of physics, we describe motion as a
variation of velocity. An object travels from point A to point B by undergoing acceleration or displacement within space. This is the space inertia world, governed by:
The resistance to acceleration is what we traditionally call inertia, leading directly to Newton’s [
1] law:
Here, forces cause changes in velocity through space, giving rise to ordinary mechanical motion. All of classical mechanics, from Galileo to Newton, describes objects as moving through space by adjusting their velocities under applied forces.
However, this view, while correct for space dynamics, leaves a deeper question unanswered:
What is the role of time beyond being a passive parameter?
This is where the time world reveals itself.
In Space, Gravity is the deformation of space caused by mass-stabilised time fields. This deformation generates spatial gradients that guide other masses, creating orbital conditions determined by velocity V, as seen in planetary motion and classical trajectories.
2.2. The Time World: Photons as Proper Time Oscillations
Photons offer us a glimpse into a different regime.
They do not move like particles, accelerating through space. Instead, they propagate by carrying an internal time variation.
Their motion is governed by the time deformation field:
But for a photon, there is no stabilised time deformation. Its proper time is null () along its trajectory. Yet, it exhibits a remarkable property:
It gains energy not by speeding up, but by increasing its internal frequency, which is a measure of its time oscillation.
In Time domain, Quantisation arises from resonance of internal time waves. These interactions deform the time field frequency, generating discrete energy zones —
orbital levels — which are frequency-dependent. These are the basis of atomic structure, chemical bonding, and photon emission.
This is why photons exhibit the
Planck relation [
5]:
This is not just a quantum coincidence. It is the manifestation that:
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Photons move by decreasing their proper time,
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Their frequency is their motion,
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They are pure time waves in the most direct sense.
They are able to carry momentum and energy without inertia because they do not participate in the space-inertia system
directly. Their dynamics are purely
time-based inertia.
| Aspect |
Spatial Field |
Temporal Field |
| Stable variable |
Time (T) |
Velocity (V) |
| Dynamic variable |
Velocity (V) |
Proper time (T) |
| Natural organization |
Gravitational orbits (defined by velocity)
|
Quantum orbitals (energy levels defined by proper time/frequency) |
| Origin of force |
spatial acceleration |
Time/frequency shift induced by spatial variation |
Therefore we can state the following:
"As Space field bends to accommodate motion (gravity), Time field bends to accommodate oscillation (quantum behaviour)."
2.3. Einstein’s Duality Without Time Inertia
Einstein [
2] correctly recognised the
duality of photons, behaving both as particles and waves. However, he did not attribute this behaviour to a fundamental role of
time.
In our theory, photons behave like particles because they deliver energy discretely, and they behave like waves because they are oscillations of proper time.
Yet, without recognising the dynamical role of time inertia, Einstein lacked a full mechanism to explain how mass emerges from pure wave phenomena.
Here, we propose that mass results from:
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The resonance between time deformation waves (photons) and existing systems or with themselves,
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Stabilisation of part of the time wave into a localised structure,
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The accumulation of time deformation, forming what we observe as mass.
This is the deeper completion of the picture:
"Mass is the visible manifestation of time inertia generated by resonant time waves."
2.4. Mass Generation Formula and Resonance
Mass, in this framework, does not come from \tau directly, but from its accumulation and stabilisation during resonances.
The general relation becomes:
And using the Planck-Einstein relation:
we identify:
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Mass is the direct consequence of stored time deformation,
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Energy is the measurable effect of this stabilisation.
Thus, photons, when interacting under specific conditions with other systems, can generate massive particles by forming stable resonances.
2.5. Proper Time as Frequency or Wavelength
Proper time
is not limited to being expressed as a simple ratio.It can also be formulated naturally in the
frequency domain:
or
where:
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ν is the internal frequency,
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λ is the wavelength
associated with the time wave.
This opens the door to:
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Modelling nuclear forces as resonances of internal time frequencies,
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Modelling electromagnetism as oscillations of stabilised but rotating time deformation,
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Describing entropy as the deformation of time in thermodynamic systems.
Each of these will be treated systematically in the upcoming sections.
2.6. Recovery of Newton and the Hidden Correction
Classical Newtonian dynamics appear naturally as the limit of this theory when:
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Time deformation is stabilised,
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Oscillations are small.
However, an important prediction emerges:
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A small residual force always exists due to coupling, even in apparently simple Newtonian motion,
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Although usually negligible, this residual is the trace of the deeper coupling between space and time inertia.
This framework shows that Newtonian mechanics is simply the stable-space limit of a richer time-space dynamical structure.
2.7. The Oscillation System: Energy Stored Between Time and Space
We now recognise that the physical world is built from two fundamental and inseparable fields:
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The time deformation field which describes how proper time is stretched, rotated, or accumulated through space,
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And the space inertia field , which expresses the resistance of matter to acceleration — a generalisation of inertial motion or momentum density.
These two fields are
intrinsically coupled, forming a
closed dynamical loop. Each drives the evolution of the other, governed by rotational derivatives. As time deformation twists, it induces curvature in space inertia; as space inertia moves, it alters the local structure of time. This interaction is governed by the core coupling system:
This system does not remain static — it oscillates. Much like a harmonic oscillator or LC circuit, energy flows cyclically between the two components.
In this analogy:
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represents the kinetic energy component (spatial acceleration),
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represents the potential energy component (stored time deformation).
At any moment, the total energy of the system is:
This expression captures the essence of space-time oscillation: the cycling of energy between time and space components.
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When the oscillation is free and unconfined, it produces waves — this is the behaviour of photons, gravitational waves, and other forms of radiation.
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When the oscillation becomes confined within a bounded spatial region, the energy is trapped into a self-sustained resonance — this is what we identify as mass.
In this framework, mass is not a postulate. It is the result of closed, stabilised time-space oscillations, where the energy of the system no longer propagates outward but remains localised.
We re-define mass from the stored internal energy as:
Thus, the famous relation is no longer an assumption — it emerges directly from the energy balance of the time-space oscillation system.
A particle is a confined time-space oscillator. Its energy is the stored exchange between and
Mass is the name we give to this locked internal energy.
2.8. Foundations for What Follows
This section is now the true base:
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It explains how photons propagate at c,
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It shows how mass is formed from time wave resonances,
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It reinterprets
Planck [
5] and
Einstein [
2] formulas dynamically,
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It prepares for:
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Nuclear interactions,
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Electromagnetism,
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Gravity,
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Thermodynamics, entropy and mechanical wave phenomena..
Section 3 — Mass, Nuclear Structure, and Internal Time Resonances
We are not nuclear physicists in the sense of those who dedicate their lives to the detailed exploration of nuclear reactions and structures.
However, we believe that this framework offers a fresh and potentially valuable perspective, capable of guiding both theoretical and experimental research into a deeper understanding of the origins of mass, nuclear forces, and particle dynamics.
3.1. Stabilisation of Time Deformation and Mass Emergence
Mass, in this theory, is no longer an inherent property attached to particles. It is the consequence of a system’s ability to stabilise time deformation and maintain resonance.
In a confined region of space:
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The integral of time deformation energy is non-zero,
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The system also possesses a characteristic internal rotational frequency \omega_\tau, linked to its proper time oscillation.
This leads directly to the expression for mass:
This is not symbolic. It is a real, physical description of what mass is the amount of energy that remains locked in a stable space-time oscillator.
Stable particles such as protons and neutrons are then seen as:
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Localised rotational structures of time deformation,
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Whose resonance properties produce persistent, confined oscillations,
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And which form the nucleons — the building blocks of visible matter.
This foundation will now allow us to describe not only atomic and subatomic structures, but the emergence of electric orbitals, molecular bonds, and gravitational effects as natural extensions of the same oscillation system.
3.2. Nucleons as Stable and Rotating Time Deformation Structures
Protons and neutrons are not just massive; they exhibit:
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A proper internal rotation of their time deformation field,
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A resonance condition that makes them stable against disintegration.
The internal time rotation plays a crucial role. It defines the nucleon’s proper time clock, it explains its inertia, it governs its ability to couple with other nucleons and lighter particles.
Their stability is the source of both the appearance of mass, the ability to attract lighter particles such as electrons.
3.3. Attraction of Electrons: The Origin of the Electric Force
Electrons are themselves semi-stabilised time deformation structures:
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Small accumulation,
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A notable internal rotation,
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Sensitive to time deformation gradients.
The field gradient generated by a stable nucleon attracts electrons, not by a mysterious electric field, but by the natural response of the electron’s internal rotation to the nucleon’s time deformation gradient.
This attraction produces what we recognise as the electric interaction:
Thus, the so-called electric force is simply the reaction of electrons to the stable time structure of nucleons.
The electron is bound when its internal can form a resonance with the nuclear deformation gradient.
This creates:
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Atomic orbitals,
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Quantised energy levels,
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Electromagnetic emission when this structure is disturbed.
3.4. Nuclear Resonances and Quantised Internal Time Rotations
Nuclei themselves are not just clusters of nucleons. They are collective resonant systems of internal rotations. Each nucleus has quantised internal time rotational modes, similar to the quantised modes in atoms but in a nuclear scale.
This explains:
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Why nuclei have discrete energy levels,
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Why nuclear reactions (fission, fusion) release tremendous energy. Because, they are nothing but reorganisations of the internal time deformation structure.
3.5. The Unified Picture Emerging
Thus, we now have:
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Mass as the accumulation of stabilised time deformation,
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Gravity as the macroscopic gradient of T,
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Electric forces as the reaction of light particles to local stabilised time deformation,
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Nuclear resonances as quantised rotational structures of T.
This means all of atomic, nuclear, and gravitational structure emerges naturally without needing to postulate separate fundamental forces.
Instead, they are simply different manifestations of time deformation stabilisation and internal rotation coupling.
3.6. Fusion and Fission as Time Deformation Reorganisation
In this theory, nuclear reactions such as fusion and fission are not merely the rearrangement of nucleons, but the reorganisation of internal time deformation structures.
During Fusion, two or more nuclei merge their internal time deformation fields and internal rotations, leading to:
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A more stable global resonance,
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A reduction of the total time deformation energy,
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The release of the excess energy in the form of photons (time deformation waves), kinetic energy, sometimes gravitational or mechanical waves at very small scales.
During Fission, a nucleus undergoes fragmentation when its internal structure becomes unstable, or when an external time wave (like a neutron) triggers a rearrangement, leading to:
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New, smaller resonant structures with lower cumulative energy,
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The emission of high-energy time waves (gamma photons),
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And the appearance of kinetic energy.
In both cases, the energy released corresponds exactly to the:
Where the difference in stabilised time deformation between initial and final structures is responsible for the energetic output.
3.7. The Origin of Nuclear Binding Energy
Nuclear binding energy naturally emerges as the stabilisation energy resulting from the resonance between multiple nucleons T structures,
The more coherent the internal rotations, the more locked the system is, and the greater the energy difference when reorganised during a reaction.
This explains why fusion releases energy when light nuclei combine, explains why fission releases energy when heavy nuclei split, matches quantitatively with Einstein’s relation without having to postulate it:
simply becomes the conversion of accumulated and then released time deformation.
3.8. Why Resonances are Central
Every nuclear state, whether stable, radioactive, excited, or decaying, is just a specific resonance condition for internal time rotations inside nucleons and nuclei.
This is why:
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Nuclear levels are quantised,
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Nuclear transitions emit photons,
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And high-energy physics (scattering, fusion, fission) are nothing more than the rearrangement of time deformation patterns, and the release of stabilised time inertia into other channels (light, kinetic motion, heat).
3.9. Natural Radioactivity and the Diversity of Time-Space Resonances
Not all nuclear systems are perfectly stable. Some arrangements of internal rotations lead to instabilities, causing nuclei to spontaneously release excess or improperly stabilised time deformation energy.
In this framework, radioactivity is simply the system ejecting excess deformation energy or reorganising its internal structure to regain stability.
This variety of decay channels reflects the diversity of possible time-space resonance configurations, and will later help us explain the variety of observed particles as manifestations of time deformation modes.
Specifically:
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Alpha decay corresponds to the emission of a small, highly stable sub-structure where a portion of the nucleus achieves a more coherent internal time resonance by separating. The alpha particle is itself a stable time-rotating structure (helium nucleus).
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Beta decay occurs when internal time rotation modes between nucleons are rearranged when a neutron transforms into a proton (or vice versa). The adjustment releases an electron (or positron) and a time wave carrier (neutrino). The decay is just the nucleus seeking a more stable internal time deformation configuration.
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Gamma decay is the simplest and most direct: The nucleus emits a pure time deformation wave (gamma photon), without altering its nucleon composition, simply by releasing excess internal rotation energy.
3.10. The WAR Particle Model
Every particle corresponds to a local solution of a dynamic equation involving oscillatory energy confinement. To express particle identity in physical terms, we introduce the WAR model, where:
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W is the wave
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A is the amplitude of internal time deformation,
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R is the rotation speed or phase vector of internal oscillation.
Each particle is defined as:
The amplitude determines mass — the intensity of the time field deformation.
The rotation determines structure and polarity — whether the particle is stable, positive, negative, or neutral.
Total mass is integrated as:
Where the integral is taken over the spatial volume of confinement. Mass is thus not postulated, but arises from how much time deformation is stored.
Basic Interpretations:
| Particle |
A |
R |
UFT Interpretation |
| Photon |
0 |
0 |
Pure time wave, no confinement or mass |
| Electron |
|
|
Stable inward rotation, negative polarity |
| Positron |
|
|
Opposite rotation of electron, positive polarity |
| Muon |
|
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Second harmonic of electron, less stable |
| Proton |
|
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Triple loop resonance, stable, outward field |
| Neutron |
|
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Balanced internal time field, meta-stable structure |
| Neutrino |
|
|
Very weak oscillation, near massless, minimal interaction |
This behaviour maps naturally onto the observed phenomena of quantum systems, giving each process a causal, physical foundation within the Unified Field Theory:
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Superposition occurs when the amplitude remains stable, but the rotation vector is not yet locked into a defined state. The particle exists in a semi-resonant condition — an unresolved oscillation across possible configurations.
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Collapse is the result of an external interaction (measurement, field coupling, or energy input) that forces into a defined value, stabilising the system’s resonance. This transforms the semi-resonant state into a full structure, removing ambiguity.
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Entanglement arises when two or more particles share synchronised vectors — they resonate across space as a coherent oscillatory unit, even if physically separated. Their internal rotation state is phase-correlated.
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Decoherence occurs when the environment disrupts either the amplitude or the internal rotation , destabilising the resonance. This results in loss of quantum behaviour and a return to classical probabilistic outcomes.
This entire description remains fully compatible with the standard quantum mechanical model, including the probabilistic predictions of wave functions, Hilbert space behaviour, and path integral formulations.
In particular, the rotation vector
in the UFT framework corresponds naturally to the phase behaviour in
Feynman’s path integral [
6] approach, where each possible path contributes to the system’s final state via a complex phase:
In UFT, each path represents a partial resonance state with an associated internal time oscillation . The phase in the Feynman integral is reinterpreted here as the rotation speed and direction of time deformation. The interference pattern arises from constructive or destructive interactions between possible oscillatory configurations in the time field.
This interpretation preserves all measurable predictions of quantum mechanics, while offering a deeper, physically grounded mechanism that unifies mass, energy, resonance, and particle identity under one coherent time-space framework.
3.10. Diversity of Decays and the Variety of Particles
The multiplicity of radioactive decays is not accidental. It is a natural consequence of the variety of ways time and space deformations can combine and organise. This insight points us towards a profound interpretation: The apparent diversity of particles observed experimentally might be nothing more than different manifestations of the same stabilised time deformation gradients, or time-space resonance patterns.
Each decay mechanism thus acts as a window into the underlying structure of time and space deformation dynamics, reveals why nature allows such a diversity of particles, and hints that particle physics may eventually be reduced to classifying the possible stable and unstable solutions of time-space coupled dynamics.
This perspective could deeply influence:
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Nuclear physics,
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High-energy physics,
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Cosmology.
Section 4 — Electromagnetism as Internal Time Rotation Coupling
4.1. Internal Time Rotations and Stable Structures
Particles stabilised through time deformation are not motionless internally. They possess an internal rotational motion of the field, characterised by an intrinsic rotational frequency .
This internal motion is responsible for their stability, creates the conditions for quantised interactions, and gives rise to what we will recognise as electromagnetic phenomena.
These rotations are not simply mechanical spins are the internal rhythm of time deformation itself inside stabilised particles.
We can express energy level quantisation like this:
This means the following:
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Energy increases ↔ frequency increases
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Radius grows linearly with quantum number n
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π appears because standing wave closure requires geometric circular completion
4.2. Electromagnetism as the Reaction of Space Inertia to Internal Time Rotations
When pure time waves (photons) interact with particles possessing internal time rotations:
Space inertia reacts not only to the time deformation field but also to its rotation.
This coupling generates apparent electric and magnetic fields,
Which are the observable reaction of to:
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Time deformation gradients,
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And the rotational dynamics of within stabilised systems.
This is formally expressed by:
These two coupled equations are the origin of what, under specific conditions, reduce to Maxwell’s equations [
4].
4.3. The Adamant Stability of the Electron
The electron is a remarkable system: It is a light particle, exhibits extreme stability, resists any spontaneous decay, and shows perfectly quantised energy levels.
In this theory, the electron’s adamant stability comes from:
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Its internal time rotational frequency being perfectly tuned,
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Allowing only specific resonances,
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Preventing it from dissipating its internal time deformation easily.
It behaves as a self-stabilised time oscillator, which reacts only to precise time deformation gradients, such as those generated by nuclei.
This explains:
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Why the electron does not decay naturally,
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Why it exhibits quantized orbits in atoms,
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And why its interactions with photons lead to discrete energy absorption or emission.
4.4. Electromagnetic Phenomena as Resonance Reactions
When the electron interacts with time waves, its internal rotational frequency couples with the surrounding time deformation gradient
This interaction gives rise to the apparent electric and magnetic forces observed in classical physics.
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The so-called electric field is the space inertia field’s reaction to the gradient of time deformation, felt by a particle that carries internal time rotation.
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The magnetic field emerges when this rotating structure is also in motion. The combination of its internal time oscillation and spatial velocity perturbs the surrounding space inertia field, producing a secondary rotational disturbance — which we identify as magnetism.
Thus, electromagnetism is not an independent fundamental force. It is the emergent result of how time deformation gradients space inertia , and internal time oscillations interact dynamically within the field.
That explains also why a moving proton field creates an inverted magnetic field compared to a moving electron, not because of charge sign, but because of the direction of internal time deformation rotation.
Field humour: Inverted Fields Are Real. In the UFT model, a moving proton doesn’t just carry a charge — it drags its internal time rotation through space. A magnetic field that curls in the opposite direction of its negative sibling, the electron. Inversion isn’t magic — it’s rotation.
4.5. Maxwell Equations [4] as an Emergent Structure
In the weak deformation limit when
varies smoothly, and space inertia is stable, the above coupling reduces naturally to:
But these are now understood as the macroscopic limit of a deeper coupling between space inertia and time deformation under internal rotations.
4.6. A New Understanding of Electromagnetic Interactions
The electric field is the effect of the time gradient acting on rotating particles,
The magnetic field is the induced deformation due to motion of these particles,
The photon is the carrier of time waves causing these effects, the electron is the resonant oscillator, whose adamant stability defines the quantisation.
4.7. Toward Further Developments
With this structure, we no longer treat electromagnetism as an isolated interaction. It is the manifestation of the coupling of space inertia, with time deformation, modified by internal rotations.
4.5. Electric Orbitals and Magnetism: A Unified Reaction to Time Deformation
In this theory, what we call the electric field and magnetic field are not independent phenomena. They are the observable outcomes of how internal time rotation interacts with external time deformation gradients in space.
Traditional quantum physics describes electron orbitals as probability clouds around the nucleus. In the Unified Field framework, these orbitals are reinterpreted as stable resonance zones between:
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The time deformation gradient emitted by the nucleus,
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And the electron’s internal rotational frequency
Only in specific regions does the electron’s internal time structure lock into a synchronised oscillation with the nucleus. These regions become quantized orbitals, natural standing waves in the time-space field, and the source of the observed discrete energy levels.
This explains why electrons occupy only certain orbits, transitions between levels emit photons (time waves), and the structure of atoms is inherently linked to the internal time dynamics of their particles.
When an electron in a stable orbital possesses net internal angular momentum or spin, its rotational time field flows through space. This creates a circular disturbance in space inertia, observed as a magnetic field.
In this picture:
The magnetic field is not a force field. It is a space-time inertia reaction to the motion of rotating time deformation.
This also explains why unpaired electrons lead to atomic magnetism, why moving charges create magnetic fields, and why magnetism and electricity are always coupled, because both emerge from how stabilised time structures interact with the surrounding space field.
This section now unifies:
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Electron orbitals,
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Electric forces,
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Magnetic fields,
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And quantisation of energy levels,
as simple consequences of the space-time oscillation system we’ve built.
4.6. Molecular Formation as Shared Time Resonance
In classical chemistry, molecules are said to form when atoms “share electrons.” But what does that truly mean in physical terms?
In the Unified Field framework, molecule formation is reinterpreted as the creation of shared time-space resonances between atomic systems.
The Nucleus as a Time Gradient Source Each nucleus generates a gradient of proper time deformation .
Electrons, which carry internal time rotation , settle into resonant orbitals where their rotation locks into a stable relationship with this time field.
When two nuclei are brought close enough together:
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Their fields begin to overlap,
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An electron may find a position where it can simultaneously resonate with both nuclei’s time fields,
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This creates a shared oscillation loop — a molecular bond.
The molecule is then a standing time-space wave that encompasses multiple nuclei, stabilised by the synchronisation of internal rotations and external gradients.
This explains why:
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Molecular bonds have precise lengths and angles: they are spatial projections of a resonance condition,
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Electrons in molecules are delocalised: they are not point particles but distributed standing waves in the time-space medium,
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Bonding is quantized and directional: only certain geometric patterns allow stable resonances.
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Covalent, Ionic, and Other Bonds as Time Topologies
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Covalent bonds arise from balanced time resonance between two atoms,
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Ionic bonds occur when one system dominates the time field, pulling the electron into a more localised oscillation,
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Metallic bonds and delocalised systems (like in benzene or graphene) are high-order time networks, where many electrons oscillate in a coordinated time-space field.
In this sense, Molecules are the first large-scale architecture of stabilised time deformation shared across multiple atomic structures.
This perspective gives new insight into:
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Molecular stability,
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Vibrational spectra,
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Bond strength and breakage (as time resonance collapse),
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And the basis of chemical reactivity is the reorganisation of time-space resonance patterns.
Next, we will see that entropy, thermal effects, and Gravity follow directly from the same principles, without requiring new postulates.
Section 5 — Entropy, Heat, and the Limits of Classical Physics
Newtonian mechanics provides a robust description of forces and motion. It accurately models elastic systems, pressure, and wave propagation. However, it leaves several deep questions unanswered:
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Why do real systems lose energy?
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What exactly is heat?
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Why is entropy always increasing?
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Where is the internal energy hidden in matter?
These are not mathematical oversights — they are physical limits of a framework that assumes time is passive and uniform.
In the Unified Field, we identify the missing component: as Time deformation, and its resistance to motion, is the root cause of all these effects.
5.1. Entropy as Time Rigidity
Entropy is redefined as the rigidity of a system’s proper time response to motion. It is no longer an abstract statistical measure.
It is a field quantity, directly expressed by:
This term quantifies how much a system’s internal proper time resists deformation when the system accelerates.
When this resistance is negligible, Newtonian physics works perfectly. When it is not, energy begins to behave in ways that Newton never predicted.
5.2. Heat as Irreversible Time Deformation
Heat arises when the oscillation between space inertia and time deformation is no longer fully reversible.
Instead of a perfect energy loop, some of the time deformation becomes disordered or trapped, and can no longer return to coherent motion. This trapped deformation spreads through the system, creates vibration and noise, and is interpreted as thermal energy.
In this way, heat is simply the residue of incomplete time-space resonance. It is not random — it is what remains when time deformation can no longer return to motion.
5.3. Newton’s Laws as an Approximation
In UFD, Newton’s laws are not dismissed — they are respected as a special case.
They apply when:
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Energy is preserved within clean motion,
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Time deformation is uniform or negligible.
But when entropy rises, when heat is produced, when collisions dissipate energy — the Newtonian framework breaks. That breakdown is not due to friction or chaos. It is due to internal time deformation that Newton’s equations do not account for.
This reveals that Internal energy, temperature, and entropy are not added concepts. They are the result of field-level time resistance. And that makes UFT the natural extension of Newtonian mechanics into the hidden structure of time.
Section 7 — Conclusion and Perspectives
This work presents a theoretical framework in which all known physical phenomena arise from the interaction of two coupled dynamical fields:
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The time deformation field, representing variations in proper time,
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And the space inertia field, generalising inertial motion and momentum density.
Together, these fields form a self-sustained oscillator capable of storing and exchanging energy. This interaction gives rise to a wide class of physical effects, depending on the configuration and boundary conditions of the system.
7.1. Core Contributions
Within this framework, we recover and reinterpret several established principles:
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Mass is not an inherent property, but emerges as the localised, confined energy of a stable oscillation between and
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Inertia is linked to resistance in both space and time,
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Electromagnetism arises from coupling between internal time rotation and external motion,
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Gravity is described as a macroscopic gradient in the proper time field , rather than curvature of spacetime,
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Entropy is understood as the rigidity of time deformation and heat as the irreversible failure of time-space coherence.
All of these phenomena are recovered from the same oscillatory dynamics, offering a unified mechanism that connects matter, fields, and forces at both classical and quantum scales.
7.2. Future Directions
While the foundations of the theory have been outlined, further research is required to formalise, simulate, and test its implications.
Theoretical development may include:
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A full Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation of the coupled field system,
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Quantisation of time-space oscillators to study particle spectra,
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Exploration of field stability, resonance collapse, and soliton solutions.
Experimental considerations may involve:
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Observing deviations from classical behaviour in high-frequency or high-energy time deformation regimes,
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Investigating thermal and entropy-driven processes as manifestations of ,
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Reinterpreting plasma instabilities, nuclear transitions, and light-matter interactions under the time deformation model.
7.3. Final Remarks
The framework presented here is intended as a starting point for further investigation. Its goal is not to replace established theories, but to provide an underlying mechanism that explains their origin, domains of validity, and limits.
By treating time not as a passive coordinate but as an active field with inertia and structure, this theory seeks to unify mechanical, electromagnetic, thermodynamic, and gravitational processes within a single dynamical system.
Further mathematical, experimental, and conceptual work is required to validate and extend this approach. It is hoped that this contribution will serve as a foundation for new developments in theoretical and applied physics.
“When Time is no longer passive, all forces become motion within it.”
— Unified Field Theory
Funding
The author received no specific funding for this work.
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