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=== Idea: Treat each atomic boundary as a 2-D surface carrying fast EM + matter degrees of freedom. Let those degrees of freedom couple to the induced metric on that surface. When you integrate them out, you get an effective action for geometry. If the leading bulk term is the Einstein–Hilbert (EH) action, then the low-energy mediator is massless spin-2—exactly the graviton structure of GR. ===

===== Write a boundary action on a spherical shell with induced 2-metric γab\gamma_{ab}γab: =====

Sbdy[γ,A,ψ]  =  ∫Σd2σ∣γ∣[−14μ0γacγbdFabFcd  +  ψˉ(i\slashedD−m)ψ  +  JaAa].S_{\text{bdy}}[\gamma, A, \psi] \;=\; \int_{\Sigma} d^2\sigma \sqrt{|\gamma|}
\left[-\frac{1}{4\mu_0} \gamma^{ac}\gamma^{bd} F_{ab}F_{cd} \;+\; \bar\psi(i\slashed{D}-m)\psi \;+\; J^a A_a\right].Sbdy[γ,A,ψ]=∫Σd2σ∣γ∣[−4μ01γacγbdFabFcd+ψˉ(i\slashedD−m)ψ+JaAa].
All dependence on geometry is explicit via γab\gamma_{ab}γab. (This is just “Maxwell + matter on the shell”, but curved.)

===== Define the boundary partition function Zbdy[γ]=∫DA Dψ eiSbdyZ_{\text{bdy}}[\gamma] = \int \mathcal{D}A\,\mathcal{D}\psi\, e^{i S_{\text{bdy}}}Zbdy[γ]=∫DADψeiSbdy. =====
The effective action is Seff[γ]=−iln⁡Zbdy[γ] S_{\text{eff}}[\gamma] = -i\ln Z_{\text{bdy}}[\gamma]Seff[γ]=−ilnZbdy[γ].

By standard heat-kernel/EFT methods, the leading geometric terms on the shell are

Seff[γ]  =  ∫Σd2σ∣γ∣(Λ2  +  κ2 R(2)  +  ⋯ ),S_{\text{eff}}[\gamma] \;=\; \int_{\Sigma} d^2\sigma \sqrt{|\gamma|}
\left(\Lambda_2 \;+\; \kappa_2\, \mathcal{R}^{(2)} \;+\; \cdots\right),Seff[γ]=∫Σd2σ∣γ∣(Λ2+κ2R(2)+⋯),
with R(2)\mathcal{R}^{(2)}R(2) the 2-D Ricci scalar of the shell. Λ2,κ2\Lambda_2,\kappa_2Λ2,κ2 depend on the density of boundary DOFs and a micro cutoff (the boundary thickness you emphasize).

===== Many overlapping shells (atoms, ions, plasma cells) tile the world. Coarse-graining the network of shells produces an effective bulk action for a 3+1D metric gμνg_{\mu\nu}gμν: =====

Sbulk,eff[g]  ≃  ∫d4x −g (c316πGQATR  +  ⋯ ).S_{\text{bulk,eff}}[g] \;\simeq\; \int d^4x\, \sqrt{-g}\, \left(\frac{c^3}{16\pi G_{\text{QAT}}} R \;+\; \cdots\right).Sbulk,eff[g]≃∫d4x−g(16πGQATc3R+⋯).
If the coefficient in front of RRR is positive and finite, the low-energy dynamics is GR (plus small QAT corrections). The massless mediator is then spin-2 with the usual gauge (diff) symmetry. This is the Sakharov-style “induced gravity” route, but here the micro DOFs are your photon–electron boundary modes.

What to check numerically: Estimate GQAT−1∝Nbdy/L∗2G_{\text{QAT}}^{-1} \propto N_{\text{bdy}}/L_''^2GQAT−1∝Nbdy/L∗2, where NbdyN_{\text{bdy}}Nbdy is an effective count of fast boundary DOFs per volume and L∗L_''L∗ is a geometric micro-cutoff (boundary thickness/half-radius scale). If we can get the right order of magnitude for GGG without cheating, that’s a serious win.