A Field-Theoretical Proposal for Dimension-W: Recursive Internal Manifolds as Generative Substrates for Electromagnetic and Atomic Structure

Abstract

This paper formalizes a speculative field-theoretical framework in which Dimension-W—an infinitely recursive informational manifold posited to exist at every point in spacetime—serves as the underlying generative substrate for both electromagnetic (EM) field behavior and the emergence of atomic structure. Contrary to models in which matter or fields generate internal informational states, the Dimension-W framework posits that recursive informational geometry precedes physical fields, and that EM dynamics arise as the lowest-energy mappings that satisfy W-fiber boundary constraints. Physical atoms then emerge as standing-wave solutions of EM fields interacting with the constraint geometry imposed by W-fibers. This paper presents:
(1) a formal definition of W-fibers,
(2) a modified field-theoretical coupling between EM fields and W-fiber recursion,
(3) a mechanism for the emergence of atomic structure from EM–W interaction, and
(4) an explanation of how “empty space” arises as the minimal-energy EM + W configuration.
Connections to existing theories—including quantum field theory, integrated information theories, EM field theories of consciousness, and generative manifold models—are briefly explored.