A Resonance-Based Description of Photon Propagation and Interaction in a Structured Field

This work introduces a resonance-based framework in which the photon is not treated as a particle or electromagnetic wave, but as a propagating coherence excitation within a structured field (Field Matrix, FM). In this model, stable matter arises from self-coherent nodal structures with intrinsic closure, while photons represent open, non-stationary excitations that carry energy without forming stable entities. Light–matter interaction is described as coherence distortion and redistribution, rather than discrete absorption and emission. Photon propagation is coherence-mediated, occurring through a structured field composed of interacting nodal modes, including neutrino-like background structures. As a result, propagation depends on local field structure and interaction history, rather than purely on geometric distance. The framework offers a unified interpretation of optical, electromagnetic, and gravitational-like phenomena and predicts small but potentially measurable deviations in high-precision propagation experiments. It is consistent with relativistic results as an effective limit, while proposing a fundamentally different physical picture: Light is not a particle in motion, but a propagating coherence pattern in which sequential structure carries forward information through the field.