Time without Time: From Geometry to Energy Coherence

The paper proposes a non-geometric interpretation of gravitation and time: instead of spacetime curvature, physical interactions arise from gradients of local coherence relative to the Global Tick Generator (GGT) — the fundamental rate of synchronization that bounds all observable processes. Two postulates define the ontological limits of existence: the principle of maximal coherence (GGT limit), the principle of minimal coherence (decoherence limit). Within these limits, the Coherence Field reproduces General Relativity in the high-coherence regime and predicts small, testable deviations in precision-clock, interferometric, and gravitational-wave experiments. The model is formulated through a scalar Lagrangian, includes dimensionally consistent parameters, linear stability analysis, and phenomenological estimates, and provides an explicit experimental roadmap. This release integrates conceptual, mathematical, and empirical layers of the Philosophy of Discrete Being research program.