Gravity as Tension Flow Toward Coherence Minima

Gravity as Tension Flow Toward Coherence Minima reframes gravitational behavior as a dynamical consequence of tension gradients within the MID substrate. Instead of treating gravity as curvature or force, the paper models it as a flow of substrate tension toward local coherence minima—stable wells formed by phase‑aligned structure. This perspective unifies gravitational attraction, inertial response, and large‑scale structure formation under a single tension‑flow principle. The paper formalizes coherence minima as geometric‑informational attractors, develops the tension‑flow field equations governing gravitational behavior, and shows how classical gravitational phenomena emerge from substrate‑level dynamics. It also clarifies how coherence wells scale from local systems to cosmic filaments, providing a coherent substrate‑first account of gravitational organization. This work forms a core pillar of the MID/QC framework and anchors the gravitational branch of Wave 1.