Modal Dynamics and the End of Fields

Physics has inherited a story: that the world is made of particles, governed by fields, obeying symmetries, and losing order through entropy. This story has been incredibly successful—but it is not necessary.

This project is a reconstruction from first principles. It discards the metaphysical assumptions of particles and fields, and replaces them with a single idea: coherence.

Every structure we observe—mass, charge, spin, gravitation, decay, and even redshift—emerges from how coherent modes interact, persist, or fail. Nothing else is assumed.

What This Is

This is a theory built from scratch:

• No particles
• No forces
• No fields
• No entropy

Instead, the entire structure arises from:

• The evolution of coherent modes
• A bias principle that governs their stability
• A coherence cost functional that drives structure
• A replacement for gravity, quantum fields, and thermodynamics

Where to Start

• Primer — An intuitive, metaphor-driven introduction
• Phase-Biased Geometry — The full formal structure of coherence, anchoring, and motion
• SM Companion — A complete replacement for the Standard Model
• Appendix Master — Detailed derivations, from the speed of light to Casimir pressure
• Observations — Predictions, experiments, and divergences from GR and QFT

Why This Matters

• It explains phenomena without requiring particles or quantum fields.
• It reproduces the Lamb shift, neutrino oscillation, and redshift from structure.
• It solves the flat galaxy rotation curves and Mercury’s precession with no gravity.
• It shows entropy is not fundamental—it is structural disintegration.
• It dissolves the Standard Model and builds a cleaner one.

This isn’t an interpretation.
It’s a replacement.