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Physicists. Quantum mechanics and its foundations, qubit and device physics, decoherence and leakage, entanglement, anyons and topological matter, superconductivity, thermodynamics of physical systems, spacetime, cosmology and quantum biology.
Spectral analysis. Spectra, eigen-structures and bounds Tagged papers: 43.
4D Harper‑Hofstadter Zero‑Modes in Synthetic‑Frequency Microring Lattices
Synthetic‑frequency dimensions enable on‑chip frequency‑comb transport that is immune to scattering loss, but experimental demonstrations have been limited to one‑dimensional lattices. We fill this gap by analytically mapping a driven 10 × 10 microring array onto a four‑dimensional Harper‑Hofstadter…
Discrete Scale Invariance Without a Universal Factor: Why the Efimov Data Refute Factor-2 Log-Periodicity Across Fundamental Physics
Discrete scale invariance (DSI) — invariance under rescaling by a fixed factor rather than by any factor — is established in few-body quantum physics, Dirac semimetals, and renormalization-group limit cycles. A recurring conjecture holds that the scaling factor itself might be universal, with the…
Quantized Ringdown Echoes from a Discrete Clockwork Spacetime Substrate
Gravitational‑wave observations of binary‑black‑hole mergers provide direct access to the post‑merger ringdown, a regime traditionally modeled by a smooth superposition of quasi‑normal modes (QNMs). A discrete computational substrate for spacetime predicts that the ringdown should contain a…
Efimov‑Like Log‑Periodic Modulations in the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectrum: Theory and Prospects for Detection
The temperature anisotropy power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is a cornerstone of precision cosmology, yet subtle signatures of discrete scale invariance (DSI) have not been systematically explored. A specific DSI scenario, inspired by the Efimov effect, predicts a log‑periodic…
Golden Ratio as the Unique Positive Eigenvalue of a Two‑Step Re‑Entry Operator and Its Physical Resonance Implications
Accurate prediction of spacecraft re‑entry trajectories remains a critical operational challenge for satellite operators and space agencies, as limited radar tracking and sparse measurement data can induce large uncertainties in ballistic‑coefficient estimation. Existing re‑entry models rely on…
The Algebraic Origin of Zitterbewegung: A Hierarchy of Ownership from Clifford Structure to Observed Oscillation
Zitterbewegung (ZB) – the rapid trembling of a relativistic quantum particle’s position – is usually presented as a representation‑specific artifact of the Dirac equation, leaving experimentalists without a general criterion for when the oscillation must appear. The specific gap addressed here is…
Quantization as Hydrodynamic Relaxation: Eigenstates as Attractor Basins in a Dissipative Madelung Fluid
Quantum measurement is presently modeled as an instantaneous stochastic collapse, a postulate that conflicts with the continuous unitary dynamics of the Schrödinger equation and hampers the error budgets of quantum hardware. A deterministic alternative is proposed: by adding a minimal linear drag…
Zitterbewegung as an Archimedean–2-adic Adelic Mixing Signature: Spectral-Gap Formalization, Numerical Anchors, and a Falsifiable Simulation Program
Zitterbewegung (ZBW) — the trembling motion of a Dirac wave packet at angular frequency $\omega = 2mc^{2}/\hbar$ — is conventionally treated as an interference artifact of the Dirac Hamiltonian, with no independent physical content. A gap remains: no existing framework makes precise, in a…
Thresholded Readout of Continuous Classical Fields: A Formalization and Counterexample to the Uniqueness Claim for Quantum Mechanics
A family of contemporary foundational programs asserts that reality is a continuum of local deterministic fields and that quantum mechanics is the unique calculus bridging this continuum to discrete measurement outcomes. If that uniqueness claim were correct, research seeking additional physical…
The Exponential Arena: A Reconciled Quantitative Account of Hilbert-Space Growth with Qubit Number
A recurring question in quantum information is what "space" the state of a quantum computer inhabits, and how that space grows as the number of qubits $n$ increases. This paper treats the question quantitatively, formalizing the arena of an $n$-qubit register as the complex projective Hilbert space…
Classical Floquet Drives from Quantized Cavity Fields: Error Budgets, Geometric Phases, Gauge Consistency, and Entanglement Bounds at Large Photon Number
Floquet engineering treats periodically driven quantum systems with classical time-periodic Hamiltonians, while cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED) treats the drive itself as a quantized field. The precise connection between the two descriptions beyond weak coupling has remained subtle. Building on…
Braid Group Representations and Modular Data: Non-Uniqueness, Finite Images, and the Ising Test Case
A central question in the theory of topological order asks whether the braid group representation $B_N$ carried by $N$ non-Abelian anyons uniquely determines the modular data — the $S$ and $T$ matrices — of the underlying topological quantum field theory. We reconcile three lines of analysis into a…
Decoherence Times and Quantum Speed Limits in Spin-Chain Systems: A Many-Body Testbed for Energy-Time Uncertainty
Spin chains are the canonical many-body testbed for quantum memories and quantum wires, and the question of what bounds their useful computation time is usually answered in one of two vocabularies that are rarely placed on the same scale: the decoherence time T2 set by the environment, and the…
The RG-Harmonic Isomorphism: Renormalization Group Similarities with Harmonic Quantum Mechanics
The renormalization group (RG) and harmonic quantum mechanics share a deep structural isomorphism rooted in the spectral decomposition of self-adjoint operators under scale transformations. We identify five pillars of this isomorphism and apply it retrospectively to evaluate Planck's UV catastrophe…
Topological Aliasing and Holographic Readout
URL: https://papers.qnfo.org/papers/topological-aliasing-and-holographic-readout/ Date: 2026-03-23 Version: 1.0 The foundation of modern physical theories relies heavily on the continuous nature of real numbers. This mathematical framework assumes that space and time can be divided infinitely…
Architecture of Experience
The universe is saturated with a chaotic ocean of energy that we call the electromagnetic spectrum. This spectrum stretches from the longest radio waves, which can be miles long, to the shortest gamma rays, which are smaller than an atom. Between these two extremes lies an infinite gradation of…
Riemannian-Geometric Approach to Superdeterministic Bell-Violations
The foundational conflict between the probabilistic non-locality of quantum mechanics and the geometric determinism of general relativity remains the central challenge of modern physics. This paper addresses the tension by proposing a locally causal framework where Bell-inequality violations emerge…
Computational Benchmark of Geometric and Algebraic Models for Multi-Qubit State Representation
The Bloch sphere provides a powerful yet fundamentally limited geometric model for quantum states, excelling at single-qubit intuition but failing to represent the multi-qubit entanglement that powers quantum advantage. This work addresses the critical tension between the cognitive simplicity of…
Spectral Benchmarking of Holographic Quantum Simulations
The simulation of quantum gravity on near-term quantum processors is hindered by a critical tension between hardware feasibility and physical fidelity, creating an “Artifact Zone” where simplified models produce misleading, non-physical results. This paper addresses this challenge by proposing a…
Coherent Tunneling
Standard biological paradigms conceptualize the organism as a stochastic chemical engine governed by reaction-diffusion kinetics. However, this classical view fails to account for the thermodynamic anomaly of living matter, which sustains macroscopic order against the entropic decay of the…
Relativistic Topological Superfluid
Standard cosmological models assume a static vacuum energy density, yet this premise conflicts with the renormalization group flow of quantum field theory and the fine-tuning required for dark energy. Simultaneously, high-energy astrophysical observations impose a strict “glass floor” on Lorentz…
REYNOLDS FILTER AND THE OBSERVABILITY OF CHAOS
The transition to turbulence is characterized by universal scaling laws, specifically the Feigenbaum constants, which govern the onset of chaos in nonlinear systems. While these constants are traditionally viewed as topological invariants of the underlying dynamical maps, their observability in…
TOPOLOGICAL HYDRODYNAMICS AND THE SPECTRAL GAP
Standard quantum field theory conceptualizes the vacuum as a probabilistic void, yet phenomenological isomorphism with superfluid Helium-3 suggests a deeper hydrodynamic ontology. While this topological substrate theoretically supports analog computation via vorticity, the practical realization is…
Chiral High-Temperature Topological Processing
By replacing active syndrome extraction with passive topological protection derived from the 25 meV spectral gap of 45-degree twisted Bi-2212, the architecture circumvents the cooling power limitations of dilution refrigeration to enable the monolithic integration of classical control logic at 4…
Topological Signal Processing
The inherent limitations of conventional digital signal processing—specifically the latency and energy bottlenecks imposed by analog-to-digital conversion—represent a critical barrier for next-generation systems like 6G networks. This paper introduces a novel physical computing paradigm that…
Standard Model
The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics represents the most precise and empirically successful framework devised for describing fundamental particles and their interactions. This rigorous empirical success is intrinsically coupled with severe, formally demonstrable theoretical deficiencies that…
Information-Theoretic Reformation of Physics
Physics must be reoriented around information-theoretic constraints rather than quantum mechanical assumptions. This reorientation requires a critical reevaluation of Planck’s constant as a curve-fitting parameter and the establishment of finite information capacity as a new axiom. The historical…
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