A Temporal Approach to Gravity

Abstract The incompatibility between quantum field theoretic descriptions of fundamental interactions and the geometric formulation of gravitation remains one of the central challenges in modern physics. While quantum field theory successfully accounts for three of the four known fundamental forces, gravitation is described independently through the curvature of spacetime. In this work, we propose a conceptual framework in which space and time are treated as fundamentally distinct domains rather than components of a unified continuum. Within this approach, quantum fields and particle interactions are considered to evolve primarily within a temporal domain, whereas gravitational phenomena emerge from curvature confined to spatial dimensions. A mechanism is proposed in which interactions between particles are mediated not by exchange particles, but through perturbations in spatial curvature that facilitate momentum transfer. Based on this interpretation, a preliminary phenomenological relation is introduced, suggesting that interaction strength is proportional to spatial curvature and inversely proportional to the square of separation distance. It is further hypothesized that large-scale gravitational effects arise as cumulative manifestations of such microscopic curvature-mediated interactions. This work does not present a complete theory, but rather outlines a conceptual approach intended to stimulate further investigation into alternative formulations of the relationship between quantum interactions and gravitation