Does the quantum vacuum or effective field react differently depending on the geometric complexity of the object passing through it? This independent research explores the hypothesis that the medium acts not as a passive background, but as an active topological filter, imposing a "negotiation" cost (friction, delay, rejection) proportional to the complexity of the excited shape. Through a multi-scale analysis—crossing atomic spectroscopy (NIST/Synchrotron data), plasma physics (MMS), and material science—we highlight a convergence of behaviors. The compiled experimental results (Tests 1 to 4) show that simple geometries (spherical orbitals) benefit from a fluid regime (immediate response, high coherence), while complex geometries (lobed orbitals, tori) systematically undergo a friction regime (ionization delay, energy tax, resonance collapse). To interpret this convergence, we introduce the LAF Geo v1. 5 conceptual framework. This diagnostic reading model relies on separating acceptance costs between the local scale (₋₎₂₀₋) and global coherence (₇₀ₒ₄). It offers a unified map to understand intermittency, from the superconducting "Pseudo-gap" to magnetospheric substorms, without invoking new fundamental constants. This package includes the raw datasets, the theoretical framework, and a critical analysis of limits (falsifiability).
Jason Bernardi (Sun,) studied this question.