Emergent Gravitation from a Fractal Dark-Energy Vacuum: Photon Propagation and Symmetry-Restoring Dynamics in Unified Fractal Quantum Field Theory (UFQFT)

We propose a unified framework in which the vacuum is not empty but constituted by a non-material, fractal “dark-energy ocean” composed of fundamental energy (Φ) and charge (Ψ) fields in non-integer dimensional spacetime. These fields represent non-condensed, neutral resonance modes that do not form ordinary matter but set the minimum resonance background of the Universe. Light is described as a propagating Φ–Ψ resonance configuration, and electromagnetic radiation emerges from local oscillatory modulations of this fractal energy–charge medium. As the photon resonance travels through this structured vacuum, it temporarily perturbs the underlying fractal field configuration, generating observable electric (E) and magnetic (B) components along its trajectory without requiring pre-existing matter or classical vacuum structure. Gravitational interaction arises not from mass–energy curvature in a smooth continuum, but from the tendency of the fractal field to restore local symmetry. Light bends in a gravitational field because its propagation perturbs the local fractal symmetry, triggering a self-restoring resonance response equivalent to gravitational attraction. This approach provides a unified picture where dark energy, electromagnetic radiation, and gravity emerge from a shared underlying fractal field substrate. It offers a novel interpretation of vacuum structure, photon propagation, and gravity as a resonance-symmetry phenomenon rather than as a geometry defined by matter–energy distribution alone, forming a conceptual bridge between quantum vacuum physics, electromagnetism, and relativistic gravitation.