Ontological Redefinition of Photons and Gravity on a DMF Basis / DMF 基底におけるフォトンおよび重力の存在論的再定義

Short Abstract This study proposes an ontological framework based on Dynamic Mass Flow (DMF) to redefine and unify the fundamental concepts of photons, the speed of light, gravity, and mass within a single correlational structure. Traditionally, these concepts have been treated separately within particle theory, field theory, and geometric descriptions; this work repositions them at a deeper ontological level. In this framework, photons are defined as wave-like correlation modes within the DMF basis, gravity as a deformation of DMF configuration itself, and mass as a localized self-constraint of DMF. The speed of light is reinterpreted not as a physical velocity, but as the maximum rate at which correlations can be consistently updated. This perspective enables a unified interpretation of phenomena such as light propagation, wave–particle duality, invariance of the speed of light, spacetime curvature, and mass–energy equivalence. Rather than introducing new mathematical formalisms or immediate empirical predictions, this study provides a supplementary ontological foundation that clarifies the conditions under which existing frameworks such as relativity and quantum theory remain valid. By shifting the focus from entities and forces to the establishment and transformation of correlational structures, this work offers a new conceptual perspective for understanding fundamental physics. https://orcid.