Grounding Quantum-Geometry Dynamics: A Programme for the Empirical Derivation of the Framework's Fundamental Constants Quantum-Geometry Dynamics (QGD) is an axiomatic framework for physics derived from two foundational propositions: that space is discrete and composed of fundamental units called preons⁻, and that kinetic matter is composed of preons⁺ that propagate through that space by preonic leaps driven by their intrinsic momentum. The framework derives the laws of mechanics, quantum mechanics, gravity, electromagnetism, nuclear physics, and cosmology from these two axioms and two fundamental constants. It makes qualitative and structural predictions across all domains of physics. What it does not yet have is quantitative predictive power. This paper argues that grounding QGD's constants empirically is not merely the next step in the programme but a necessary condition for its scientific maturity, and presents four experimental pathways by which this grounding can be achieved. QGD operates in natural units that are physically meaningful rather than formally conventional: preonic distance (the spacing between adjacent preons⁻), preonic mass (one preon⁺), the fundamental momentum constant c̃ (the momentum of every free preon⁺, numerically equal to the speed of light), and the proportionality constant k between the framework's two gravitational interactions. To make quantitative contact with observation, three conversion factors must be empirically determined — x (preonic distance to SI length), m̃ (preonic mass to SI mass), and the metric value of c̃ — along with a precise value of k. These four quantities are not independent: each constrains the others, and a single consistent solution must satisfy all constraints simultaneously. Pathway 1 constrains k from the ratio of the strong nuclear force to Newtonian gravity and from nuclear binding energies. At sub-nuclear distances, n-gravity is negligible and p-gravity dominates — this is what QGD identifies as the strong force. The measured ratio of strong force to gravity at hadronic distances gives k ≈ 10³⁸ as a first-order constraint, refinable through the QGD equation for nuclear stability applied to light nuclei. Pathway 2 constrains x from the cosmological gravity transition scale. QGD's gravity equation predicts a threshold distance d_Λ at which attractive p-gravity and repulsive n-gravity exactly balance. The metric value of d_Λ is observationally accessible through large-scale structure surveys: galaxy cluster pairs near the attractive-to-repulsive transition identify d_Λ in metres, and x follows from the ratio of this metric value to the preonic value derived from k in Pathway 1. Suitable datasets include SDSS, DESI, and Euclid. Pathway 3 constrains c̃ and m̃ through a timestamp-based measurement of the one-way speed of light. QGD predicts that the two-way speed of light is isotropic and equal to c, but that the one-way speed is anisotropic, depending on the absolute metric velocity of the apparatus relative to quantum-geometrical space. A clock synchronisation scheme using timestamped light signals — requiring no prior synchronisation and no assumption about the one-way speed — makes this anisotropy measurable. Once the absolute metric velocity of the apparatus is known, the metric value of c̃ is determined. The mass conversion factor m̃ then follows from the gravitational acceleration of a known test body under a known source. Pathway 4 is a cross-validation programme: it takes the values of k, x, c̃, and m̃ constrained by Pathways 1–3 and generates predictions for five independently measurable quantities — galaxy rotation curve profiles, the Hubble constant H₀, gravitational wave timing, nuclear binding energies, and the one-way light speed anisotropy pattern. Systematic consistency across all five confirms the constrained constants; systematic failure isolates which pathway result requires revision. The four pathways form an interlocking system. Each constrained quantity feeds into the others as an input or consistency check, and the framework has no free parameters to adjust independently. A failure in any pathway that cannot be reconciled with the others constitutes a falsification of QGD in the strong Popperian sense. This paper is part of the Minimal Physically Derivable Theory (MPDT) program.
Daniel Burnstein (Sun,) studied this question.