3. The Mechanism: The Geometric Tear & Sagitta Drift
Why does gravity manifest as an attraction? In the Corley Momentum Flux Theory, gravity is not a pull; it is a Hydrodynamic Displacement caused by a geometric defect in the vacuum pressure.
1. The Inversion Principle (Pressure vs. Tension)
Standard physics views gravity as Tension (Mass pulling Mass). We invert this: Gravity is Pressure. The vacuum is a high-pressure superfluid plenum. Objects are pushed together because they create "Low Pressure Shadows" or defects in this substrate.
2. The Catalyst: Bernoulli's Tear
How does matter create this low pressure? It occurs through Phase Disruption. When the flux streams of two atoms intersect across a distance, they disrupt the laminarity of the Superfluid Vacuum.
Because the flux transfer is not instantaneous (limited by c), the streams arriving from a volumetric source are not phase-aligned. They create a zone of turbulence or "shear." According to Bernoulli's Principle, high fluid velocity (turbulence) results in Lower Static Pressure.
This turbulent interaction effectively "tears" the vacuum pressure. The high-pressure substrate surrounding the interaction rushes in to close this tear, pushing the objects together to seal the defect.
3. The Geometry: The Sagitta of Delay
To determine exactly where this tear forms (and thus which direction the vacuum pushes), we must look at the geometry of the delay. This is the Sagitta Mechanism.
- The Arc (The Reality): Due to the speed of light delay, the target interacts with the "Phase-Delayed Wavefront" of the source. This is not a point, but an Arc of Influence.
- The Chord (The Illusion): This is the straight line connecting where the objects "are" in instant space.
Geometry dictates that the Linear Average of a curved arc does not lie on the curve. It sits "inside" the curve, within the chord.
The vector offset between the peak of the arc and this linear average is the Sagitta. This vector defines the Centroid of the Vacuum Tear.
4. The Result: Inevitable Drift
The "Gravitational Pull" is simply the vacuum collapsing into this geometric centroid. The target falls not towards the physical center of the object, but towards the Calculated Momentum Average (the Sagitta).
This creates a "Pincer Motion." As the objects get closer or the angle of interaction widens (Near Field), the arc becomes more curved, the Sagitta drifts further inward, and the "Tear" becomes deeper. This geometric sharpening of the defect is what produces the Near-Field Drift (1/r4) observed in Mercury's precession.