The Vacuum Gravity Model (VGM) rests on a structured collection of essays published in the VGM Zenodo Community. Each work explores a complementary aspect of the model — theoretical foundations, vacuum dynamics, falsifiable predictions, or experimental calibration. Together, they form the reference corpus of the VGM, freely accessible and citable through permanent DOIs.
Foundations and Theoretical Framework
- CE000 — The Vacuum Gravity Model (VGM), a Metric-Free Scalar Framework for Gravitation and Inertia Establishes the scalar vacuum field whose cadence replaces spacetime curvature, reproducing all first post-Newtonian tests and predicting finite-range rigidity and cosmic acceleration.
- CE001 — Scalar Field Foundations of Emergent Vacuum Gravity Reformulates gravitation as a gradient of the vacuum cadence field, deriving Newtonian attraction and time dilation from a scalar law consistent with General Relativity tests.
- CE003 — Light as the Crest of Vacuum Fluctuations Describes light as traveling crests of the vacuum oscillation, providing a unified view of photons and gravitational optics within a single inertial medium.
- CE004 — Redshift and Gravity Without Curved Spacetime Geometry Reinterprets redshift and light deflection as optical consequences of vacuum cadence, establishing a bridge between metrology and cosmology.
- CE006 — Quantum Fields Without Geometry: The Inertial Vacuum Hypothesis Recasts quantum field theory in a geometry-free vacuum, where excitations arise from inertial coherence, unifying QFT and gravitation.
- CE012 — The Lagrangian of the Inertial Cadence Field Introduces the dynamical Lagrangian ensuring stability, causality, and 1PN consistency, forming the theoretical backbone of the VGM.
- CE013 — Local Inertia and the Structure of Matter Derives inertia and gravitation from a common scalar field, linking motion and weight to the same inertial origin.
- CE020 — Dynamic Inertia in a Structured Vacuum Field Presents a dynamic interpretation of inertia as a self-balanced flow of the scalar vacuum, unifying motion and gravitation.
- CE100 — Solar Lagrangian Calibration of the Vacuum Gravity Model Provides a complete variational Lagrangian reproducing all 1PN tests and linking GNSS, LLR, and Gaia data through measurable vacuum stiffness.
Topology, Quantization, and the Structure of Matter
- CE002 — Matter as Stable Vortices of the Quantum Vacuum Models matter as quantized vortices of the vacuum phase, relating spin, mass, and charge to inertial topology.
- CE005 — Quantized Inertia and the Natural Spectrum of Mass Quantizes inertial mass through discrete vacuum vortex modes, offering an alternative to the Higgs mechanism.
- CE009 — The Higgs Threshold and the Rigidity of Vacuum Reinterprets the Higgs boson as a transient resonance at the vacuum’s inertial ceiling, linking particle stability to cosmic cadence.
- CE014 — Inertial Scaling Law and the Hierarchy of Mass Presents the inertial scaling law linking particle stability to cosmic cadence, providing a predictive framework for the observed mass hierarchy.
Cosmological Cadence and Large-Scale Dynamics
- CE007 — Inertial Cosmology and the Global Drift of Cadence Models cosmological redshift as a secular drift of the vacuum cadence, offering a falsifiable alternative to dark-energy cosmology.
- CE011a — Testing Vacuum Gravity with GPS and Atomic Clocks Calibrates the Vacuum Gravity Model within the Solar System using GPS, LLR, and VLBI, opening a metrological route to gravitation.
- CE011b — Atomic Transitions as Probes of Cosmic Cadence Drift Extends calibration to cosmological scales, comparing atomic transitions and redshift drift as probes of vacuum evolution.
- CE019 — Cosmic Evolution as Cooling of the High-Cadence Vacuum Reconstructs cosmic evolution as the cooling of a high-cadence vacuum, connecting the Higgs scale, matter formation, and acceleration.
Quantum Inertia and Vacuum Fluctuations
- CE008 — Inertial Resonances in the Quantum Vacuum Replaces stochastic spacetime noise with deterministic resonances of the cadence field, reproducing all stochastic observables at first order.
- CE010 — Inertial Transitions and the Arrow of Time Describes how the vacuum redistributes cadence energy across transitions, defining inertial regimes between quantum and cosmic scales.
- CE017 — Gravitational Waves as Rigidity Modes of the Vacuum Interprets gravitational waves as rigidity modes of the vacuum, preserving GR’s signals while giving them a physical carrier.
- CE018 — Vacuum Rigidity and Unified Deviations from GR Introduces the finite rigidity of the vacuum and its redistribution law, linking quantum, solar, and cosmological deviations.
Experiments, Calibration, and Falsification
- CE015a — Young’s Double-Slit and the Inertial Restructuring of the Vacuum Revisits Young’s interference as a restructuring of the vacuum field, connecting diffraction geometry and inertial law.
- CE015b — Electron Interference and the Inertial Constants of Vacuum Quantifies vacuum drag and drainage constants reproducing quantum interference as a limit case of the inertial field.
- CE016a — Rosetta Stone of Emergent Gravity – Cosmological Translation Acts as a “Rosetta Stone” between GR and VGM, translating classical observables into cadence variables.
- CE016b — Rosetta Stone of Emergent Gravity – Cross-Scale Unity Provides a cross-scale synthesis unifying laboratory, astrophysical, and cosmological tests of the cadence field.
- TE000 — Beyond Curved Spacetime – Metrological Closure of the Vacuum Gravity Model The empirical calibration dataset of the VGM, linking gravitational time dilation, light delay, and cosmic drift in SI units.
How to Access the full repository
All essays and datasets are archived in the VGM Zenodo Community, ensuring open access, citation integrity, and long-term preservation.