According to the standard model gluon binding energy of quarks (m=e/c^2) accounts for over 98 percent of the inertial mass of nucleons. Considering that gluons and quarks are purely quantum concepts does this suggest a path toward unification of quantum chromodynamics and general relativity?
the quantum chromodynamic theory is the theory describe the color charge for gluon and quark
no, because it gives no answer to the very nature of mass. a more promising path is to have a look at the connection of the higgs-kibble mechanism and gravity.
In following theory, relativistic mass of photon, periodic time and wavelength, gravitational redshift do suggest path toward quantum gravity. Sec. 2.1 shows that electromagnetic wave is held together by gravitational forces.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350061711_ADVAITIC_COSMOLOGY
There is at least one way to describe both gauge theory, including QCD, and gravity: it is called the strand conjecture. Two papers were published:
C. Schiller, A conjecture on deducing general relativity and the standard model with its fundamental constants from rational tangles of strands, Physics of Particles and Nuclei 50 (2019) 259–299. dx.doi.org/10.1134/S1063779619030055.
C. Schiller, Testing a conjecture on the origin of the standard model, European Physical Journal Plus 136 (2021) 79. doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-01046-8.
The papers describe a model for inertial and gravitational mass and are available on ResearchGate. Details, presentation slides and experimental predictions are found on www.motionmountain.net/research .
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