Filtered Feynman Path Integrals and Emergent Gravity: A Toy Model for Warp Metrics and Wormhole Formation

Travis S. Taylor

jbis-078-07-0243

DOI https://doi.org/10.59332/jbis-078-07-0243

We propose a novel framework in which filtered Feynman path integrals give rise to emergent gravitational curvature, enabling toy models of warp bubbles and wormhole geometries. Using a Levenberg-Marquardt-inspired filtering process, quantum histories are selectively rendered per spacetime voxel based on coherence, suppressing nonclassical trajectories and allowing negative energy densities to emerge as coherence gradients across adjacent regions. This voxel-based structure permits the generation of effective stress-energy conditions compatible with Alcubierre type metrics and ER=EPR-connected topologies. As a secondary implication, this framework offers a natural suppression mechanism for quantum vacuum energy, potentially resolving the 120 orders of magnitude discrepancy between quantum field theory and the observed cosmological constant. The model connects filtered quantum information, path integral optimization, and exotic spacetime engineering under a unified computational interpretation.

Keywords: Fermi Paradox, Artificial Radiation, Detection Limits, Extraterrestrial Aliens, Warp Drive, Wormholes