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2025
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17957268 |
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- <p>This record presents <strong><em>Execution-Based Quantum Theory of Measurement: A Thermodynamic Completion Framework</em></strong>, a theoretical framework addressing the unresolved question of <strong>how and when quantum possibilities become executed physical outcomes</strong>.</p> <p>Standard quantum mechanics accurately predicts probability distributions but does not specify the physical conditions under which a potential outcome becomes an irreversible fact. This work proposes a <strong>completion rule</strong>, not an interpretation, grounded in <strong>continuous time evolution, irreversible dissipation, and global informational consistency</strong>.</p> <p>The framework introduces:</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>Execution</strong> as a time-extended, physical process distinct from decoherence</p> </li> <li> <p>A <strong>minimum irreversible energy dissipation condition</strong> required for outcome realization</p> </li> <li> <p>A measurable execution timescale (τₑₓₑc), distinct from decoherence time</p> </li> <li> <p>A <strong>Wait State</strong> regime where interference may be suppressed while execution remains incomplete</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Conditional, sequential extension of reality</strong> through successive executions, without invoking observer causation, instantaneous collapse, or parallel universes</p> </li> </ul> <p>The theory preserves all established first principles, including unitary quantum dynamics prior to execution, thermodynamics, and a single continuous spacetime. Observers and measurements are treated as physical record-holders that arise <strong>after</strong> execution, not as causal agents.</p> <p>Four <strong>falsifiable experimental tests</strong> are proposed across independent platforms:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Tunable dissipation in superconducting circuit QED</p> </li> <li> <p>Photonic which-path storage with dissipation gating</p> </li> <li> <p>Mesoscopic pointer systems with controlled environmental damping</p> </li> <li> <p>Matter-wave interferometry under adjustable thermal load</p> </li> </ol> <p>Each experiment provides explicit scaling laws and failure criteria to test the separation between decoherence and execution.</p> <p>This framework is <strong>derived from</strong>, but does not redefine, the <strong>Resonance Trinity Law (RTL)</strong>, which serves as the parent substrate-level principle. No experimental validation is claimed in this record; the purpose is to define a clear, testable theoretical structure and safeguard authorship prior to experimental investigation.</p>