Chronon Quantum Gravity: Emergent Spacetime from a Dynamical Temporal Field

We propose a new framework for quantum gravity in which time is treated as a physical, dynamical field—the Chronon field Φµ (x)—rather than an external parameter or coordinate label. This Chronon Field Theory (CFT) provides a smooth, unit-norm, future-directed timelike vector field that defines an intrinsic temporal foliation of spacetime and serves as the foundational entity from which causal structure, quantum dynamics, and geometry emerge. Within this framework, we construct a background-independent, quantizable, and topologically regularized theory of gravity that resolves the problem of time and offers a new microscopic interpretation of black hole entropy in terms of topological winding modes of Φµ . We derive an intrinsically time-dependent Wheeler–DeWitt equation, demonstrate that General Relativity arises in the classical limit from coherent Chronon alignment, and outline a computable lattice simulation scheme to investigate causal order, entropy growth, and solitonic structure in emergent spacetime. The theory yields testable predictions in strong-field regimes and supports a unified, temporally grounded ontology for quantum gravity.