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=== Where QAT can still make a viable scientific proposal (concrete ideas) ===
# Sakharov / induced gravity route. - Concept: integrate out many quantum degrees of freedom (here: the photon-electron exchange microphysics on boundaries) and show the effective action acquires an Einstein–Hilbert term, i.e. an induced ∫d4x−gR/(16πGeff)\int d^4x \sqrt{-g} R/(16\pi G_{\rm eff})∫d4x−gR/(16πGeff). The coupling GeffG_{\rm eff}Geff emerges from microphysical cutoffs / spectra. This is exactly the type of formal pathway people study in induced-gravity approaches. QAT can provide the microphysics (a specific model for the vacuum polarization induced by boundary exchanges). The challenge is to compute GeffG_{\rm eff}Geff in terms of QAT parameters and see if it matches Newton’s G. arXiv<ref>{{cite web|title=arXiv|url=https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0204062|publisher=arxiv.org|access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref>
# Boundary stress averaging: - Model each atom’s spherical boundary as a thin shell with a local surface stress tensor SabS_{ab}Sab (from EM energy flow, currents and quantized action hhh). Average SabS_{ab}Sab over a macroscopic volume to produce an effective TμνeffT_{\mu\nu}^{\rm eff}Tμνeff. Then solve Einstein’s equations with that source and compare magnitudes to observation. This is a direct route: start with the QAT boundary Lagrangian and carry out a mean-field (homogenization) derivation of macroscopic stress-energy. The difficulty is the same: you must show amplification (coherence) or an unexpected large factor.
# Composite spin-2 response from coherently correlated exchanges: - QFT allows composite operators with different spin transformation properties. Two spin-1 processes can combine into effective spin-2 response in particular many-body, coherent contexts. But producing a massless, long-range spin-2 field with the right Lorentz covariance and propagator is nontrivial and requires explicit construction and a demonstration of stability and causality.
# Hybrid conclusion: QAT may not replace dark matter but could explain inertia, the origin of mass or small corrections to GR (quantum corrections to G or local time dilation tied to local EM exchange rates). That is a more modest, achievable target: explaining how mass/inertia emerges while respecting observed dark-matter phenomenology.