The Journal · October 2026

The founding issue.

Volume 1, Issue 1 — matter, fields, and gravitation.
Recent OQG work and the research that preceded it, newest first.

A note on this edition

This founding collection was selected for publication by Todd J. Desiato and includes his own work. Recent contributions are author manuscripts; no independent JOATP peer review is claimed for their inclusion. The EGM, JBIS, and Estes Park entries retain their original publication credits. Subsequent journal acceptance requires a documented review and editorial decision.

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15 papers · Newest first

OQG23 October 2026Founding contribution

Rotational Scattering and Frame Dragging in Operational Quantum Gravity

Todd J. Desiato

Extends OQG’s energy-storage description of gravity to rotating bodies. The source calculation reproduces the exterior frame-dragging rate with the existing gravitational coupling. The receiver Hamiltonian explains how zero canonical angular momentum permits angular motion and how opposite azimuthal matter-wave patterns acquire different reference frequencies. The exact Kerr black-hole exterior is expressed through clock rates, directional ruler factors, and electromagnetic storage, with two explanatory diagrams and numerical consistency checks.

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OQG23 October 2026Founding contribution

Scattering as the Cause of Gravity in Operational Quantum Gravity

Todd J. Desiato

Presents the OQG account of scattering as the cause of gravity. Atomic and nuclear constituents in both bodies exchange energy through a shared electromagnetic field; interference changes their balanced supporting power and material storage. The collective power theorem connects corresponding equilibria to recoverable energy, and the material Hamiltonian generates geodesic motion with zero proper acceleration. Two equal planets in a circular orbit illustrate the resulting mechanics on the calibrated conservative weak-field branch, with gravitational strength fixed by measurement.

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OQG23 October 2026Correction · propulsion claims withdrawn

Correction of the MEGA Propulsion Interpretation and Physical Lessons about OQG

Todd J. Desiato

Withdraws the propulsion and performance claims of the earlier MEGA analysis after identifying an environmental reaction that was prescribed rather than derived. The correction develops a practical account of work, material scaling, clock and ruler comparisons, and complete energy and momentum balances. It corrects the proposed device application; the OQG scaling and supporting-power theorems remain unchanged.

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OQG21 October 2026Founding contribution

Nuclear Linear Response Scaling and Gravitational Correspondence in Operational Quantum Gravity

Todd J. Desiato

Carries the OQG corresponding-state transformation through nuclear linear response, retaining strong and electromagnetic interactions, continuum strength, and charge–current correlations. Nuclear spectra and matched field profiles connect component storage to permittivity and permeability. The response theorem and numerical checks establish the gravitational correspondence within stated assumptions, with metric-derived factors identified as GR benchmark inputs.

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OQG21 October 2026Founding contribution

Operational Quantum Gravity: From Electromagnetic Power Balance to Gravitational Response

Todd J. Desiato

Develops the hypothesis that scattering reduces the electromagnetic power available to support matter in equilibrium. A resonant-dipole calculation demonstrates reduced reception through interference. Within the stated corresponding-state family, the supporting-power theorem connects stable binding, clock and ruler scaling, recoverable gravitational work, gravitational potential energy stored in matter, and geodesic motion. The exact Schwarzschild extension retains its explicit response conditions.

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OQG21 October 2026Founding contribution

Matter Wave Scaling and Recoverable Energy Storage in Operational Quantum Gravity

Todd J. Desiato

Proves that a specified common scaling of matter-wave size and transition frequency preserves stable bound states and links inertia, restoring response, electromagnetic storage, and recoverable work. A nuclear bag approximation extends the storage calculation under explicit confinement and adiabatic conditions. The common family recovers leading static weak-field comparisons; the exact Schwarzschild extension retains distinct clock and ruler factors and its additional response condition.

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OQG14 October 2026Founding contribution

Supporting Power and Scattering Requirements from Galactic Rotation Curves

Todd J. Desiato

Reconstructs supporting-power ratios required by published rotation curves for DDO 154, NGC 2403, and NGC 7814 under the adopted OQG correspondence. The fitted profile describes two of the three galaxies at the adopted error level and misses substantial structure in NGC 2403. These inferred requirements are targets for a microscopic scattering model; they do not establish a replacement for dark matter.

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OQG11 April 2026Founding contribution

Operational Quantum Gravity for Engineers

Todd J. Desiato

The original engineering-oriented OQG manuscript consolidates the radiative-damping, vacuum-polarizability, and uncertainty-based interpretation of gravitational scaling. It treats clocks and rulers as physical systems, shows how the adopted weak/static scaling preserves the Heisenberg uncertainty products, and connects that scaling to a damped-oscillator model. A phenomenological source law and a program of spectroscopy, clock-comparison, and resonance tests set out the research direction developed in later OQG work.

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Conference2016Previously published

An Engineering Model of Quantum Gravity

Todd J. Desiato

The Estes Park workshop paper proposes a quantum-oscillator interpretation of gravitational scaling. It relates radiative damping and available electromagnetic zero-point-field driving power to changes in oscillator behavior, coordinate light speed, clock rates, and ruler lengths. This earlier engineering model provides the historical foundation for the author’s subsequent Operational Quantum Gravity research.

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JBIS2015Previously published

The Electromagnetic Quantum Vacuum Warp Drive

Todd J. Desiato

Proposes an electromagnetic warp-drive model in which changes in the available driving power of the zero-point field are associated with changes in coordinate light speed, time dilation, and length contraction. The paper explores adding energy to that field as a proposed route to a warp metric.

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EGM2007Previously published