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2026
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| Online adgang: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18760946 |
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- <p> </p> <p>TITLE:<br>Gravitational Activation from Accumulated Decoherence: A Phenomenological<br>Framework with Testable Predictions</p> <p>We present a phenomenological framework in which classical gravitational<br>sourcing emerges from irreversibly accumulated decoherence. The central<br>variable is the accumulated decoherence parameter D, constructed as a<br>monotone, partition-dependent functional of purity loss under<br>Gorini-Kossakowski-Lindblad-Sudarshan (GKLS) open-system dynamics.</p> <p>The framework introduces a critical distinction between gravitational<br>response and gravitational activation. All quantum systems — including<br>coherent superpositions — respond universally to existing gravitational<br>fields, preserving the weak equivalence principle. However, the capacity<br>to source a classical gravitational field is conditioned on accumulated<br>decoherence: only systems with sufficient D contribute to the gravitational<br>potential. This directed structure resolves conceptual tensions between<br>quantum coherence and classical geometry without modifying unitary dynamics<br>or the Schrodinger equation.</p> <p>Gravitational activation is modelled via a Hill-function sigmoid mapping D<br>to an effective sourcing fraction, controlled by two phenomenological<br>parameters: a characteristic decoherence scale D* and a sharpness exponent<br>n. An optional nonlinear feedback mechanism (the Bootstrap Closure) couples<br>gravitational activation back into the decoherence rate, producing a sharp<br>crossover — the Quantum Curie Point — at which the system transitions<br>rapidly from negligible to full gravitational sourcing.</p> <p>We provide numerical estimates of D for five candidate experimental systems<br>spanning 60 orders of magnitude in mass, from isolated electrons to LIGO<br>test masses and cosmological horizons. All estimates yield physically<br>sensible results: coherent laboratory systems show negligible activation,<br>while macroscopic classical objects are deeply in the fully activated regime.</p> <p>Three classes of testable predictions are identified: (1) a mesoscopic<br>pressure-sweep protocol for levitated nanoparticles in which gravitational<br>sourcing is predicted to exhibit a pressure-dependent suppression below a<br>critical vacuum threshold; (2) constraints on the framework parameters from<br>Big Bang nucleosynthesis helium abundance, requiring gravitational coupling<br>to be within 20% of Newton’s constant by t ~ 1 second; and (3) potential<br>modifications to compact object formation if the activation timescale<br>exceeds the dynamical collapse timescale.</p> <p>The framework is phenomenologically closed, empirically constrainable,<br>and falsifiable through existing and near-future experimental platforms<br>in mesoscopic optomechanics and matter-wave interferometry.</p> <p>LICENSE:<br>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)</p> <p>RELATED IDENTIFIERS (optional — add if/when available):</p> <p>- Entropy-Referenced Cosmology: Operational time from coarse-grained<br> entropy production (D’Angelo & D’Angelo, in preparation)<br>- Decoherence-Gravitation Equivalence and the Bootstrapping of Classical<br> Spacetime (D’Angelo & D’Angelo, in preparation)</p> <p> </p> <p>NOTES:<br>This is a preprint deposited for priority timestamp. The work was conducted<br>independently by the PACES Research Group. Correspondence: jpaces33@gmail.com</p>