On the Energy Source of the Gravitational Field

According to the principles of special relativity, the systemic energy budget of a quantum harmonic oscillator exceeds canonical ``total energy" ($E$) by the difference between the $\ell^1$-norm and $\ell^2$-norm ($E$) of the complex number $(mc^2 + ipc)$. This surplus energy manifests as a spatially unbounded continuous waveform centered on the source particle, having a phase velocity equal to the speed of light. In the immediate vicinity of a source particle and at corresponding high radial amplitude variation, the interaction between this waveform and spacetime induces various quantum effects. A kilogram of mass contains $\sim\!\!10^{27}$ subatomic harmonic oscillators (e.g., quarks); decoherent superposition of their momentum-driven $(\hbar/\Delta x)$ radiated waveforms provides an isotropic monotonically-decreasing space energy density. Spacetime response to the presence of this distributed energy manifests as the gravitational field in accord with the basic interpretation of general relativity: ``energy curves spacetime.'' \textit{Hypotheses put forward in this discussion are empirically testable with tabletop experiments.}