Causal–Continuity Stabilization Theory (CCST): Thermodynamic Stability and Branch-Internal Descriptive Continuity in Everettian Dynamics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/D6JN7. Causal–Continuity Stabilization Theory (CCST) is an interpretive framework that addresses the persistence of macroscopic descriptive continuity within fully unitary Everettian quantum mechanics. Rather than invoking ontological selection, probabilistic collapse, or inter-branch transition, CCST reframes continuity as a stability property of a finite physical substrate subject to irreversible thermodynamic and dynamical constraints. The theory introduces Thermodynamic Strain as a path-dependent measure of cumulative irreversible burden required to maintain coherent macroscopic descriptive structure across decoherence and branching. CCST remains fully compatible with standard quantum mechanics and preserves the physical reality of all branches, while providing an explicit stability-based criterion for when continuous macroscopic description remains physically well posed.
Causal–Continuity Stabilization Theory (CCST): Thermodynamic Stability and Branch-Internal Descriptive Continuity in Everettian Dynamics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/D6JN7. Causal–Continuity Stabilization Theory (CCST) is an interpretive framework that addresses the persistence of macroscopic descriptive continuity within fully unitary Everettian quantum mechanics. Rather than invoking ontological selection, probabilistic collapse, or inter-branch transition, CCST reframes continuity as a stability property of a finite physical substrate subject to irreversible thermodynamic and dynamical constraints. The theory introduces Thermodynamic Strain as a path-dependent measure of cumulative irreversible burden required to maintain coherent macroscopic descriptive structure across decoherence and branching. CCST remains fully compatible with standard quantum mechanics and preserves the physical reality of all branches, while providing an explicit stability-based criterion for when continuous macroscopic description remains physically well posed.
Causal–Continuity Stabilization Theory (CCST). DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/N2SF9. This project develops a geometric and thermodynamic formulation of Causal–Continuity Stabilization Theory (CCST) within the Everettian (Many-Worlds) interpretation of quantum mechanics. While decoherence theory explains the emergence of quasi-classical branches, it does not by itself account for the persistence and stability of a specific first-person causal history. CCST addresses this gap by introducing a stability-based interpretive framework grounded in irreversible thermodynamics, information-processing limits, and dynamical sensitivity. Macroscopic causal histories are modeled as trajectories in a coarse-grained state space equipped with an effective metric that encodes thermodynamic resistance to state transitions. The theory distinguishes ontological branch existence (Born weight) from first-person admissibility, proposing a maximum dissipation bound as a condition for sustained causal continuity. Extensions based on dynamical instability, Lyapunov sensitivity, and geometric deviation are used to explain both gradual (soft) transitions and limiting cases of causal exit without invoking wavefunction collapse, probabilistic selection, or inter-branch dynamics. An interpretive extension further clarifies how first-person experience can be treated as a stability-constrained descriptive projection over physically realized histories, preserving full compatibility with unitary quantum evolution. This repository contains the main manuscript and appendices (A–F), presenting the formal structure, interpretive motivation, and conceptual scope of the theory.
Stability Geometry of Branch Structures in Open Quantum Systems. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/RKPTQ. Main paper PDF: tability_Geometry_of_Branch_Structures_in_Open_Quantum_Systems.pdf. Causal–Continuity Stabilization Theory (CCST) characterizes macroscopic causal persistence as a physical stability property of finite substrates, rather than as an ontological feature of the universal wavefunction. In its original formulation, CCST formalized descriptive admissibility: a coarse-grained macroscopic causal history remains well-posed only when thermodynamic dissipation stays below a substrate-dependent bound and when coarse-grained dynamical sensitivity preserves closure. This work extends CCST by addressing a logically distinct question: not only whether a macroscopic description remains admissible within a branch, but whether a branch structure itself can remain dynamically coherent as an organized physical entity under sustained environmental coupling. Although unitary quantum mechanics preserves all components of the global quantum state, organized branch structure may dynamically disperse into microscopic degrees of freedom in open-system dynamics, thereby losing the correlation patterns required for macroscopic organization. We distinguish structural dispersion (loss of branch-level organizational coherence) from Causal Exit (loss of description-level definability on a finite physical substrate), emphasizing that these correspond to stability failures at distinct physical layers and should not be conflated. Using standard open-system effective-action and influence-functional formalisms, we motivate a dynamical weighting over coarse-grained path ensembles: microscopic dynamics induces a non-uniform stability geometry in path space through irreversible dynamical suppression rather than probabilistic selection, without introducing collapse, selection rules, or inter-branch transport. Finally, we introduce a minimal toy model to visualize the qualitative sensitivity of branch-structural persistence under controlled stability thresholds. The model is strictly illustrative and is accompanied by transparent parameter definitions and a reproducible numerical implementation in the appendix.
This record presents Execution-Based Quantum Theory of Measurement: A Thermodynamic Completion Framework, a theoretical framework addressing the unresolved question of how and when quantum possibilities become executed physical outcomes. 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 completion rule, not an interpretation, grounded in continuous time evolution, irreversible dissipation, and global informational consistency. The framework introduces: Execution as a time-extended, physical process distinct from decoherence A minimum irreversible energy dissipation condition required for outcome realization A measurable execution timescale (τₑₓₑc), distinct from decoherence time A Wait State regime where interference may be suppressed while execution remains incomplete Conditional, sequential extension of reality through successive executions, without invoking observer causation, instantaneous collapse, or parallel universes 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 after execution, not as causal agents. Four falsifiable experimental tests are proposed across independent platforms: Tunable dissipation in superconducting circuit QED Photonic which-path storage with dissipation gating Mesoscopic pointer systems with controlled environmental damping Matter-wave interferometry under adjustable thermal load Each experiment provides explicit scaling laws and failure criteria to test the separation between decoherence and execution. This framework is derived from, but does not redefine, the Resonance Trinity Law (RTL), 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.
(This version has been superceeded, see v.3) Contemporary approaches to physical unification typically emphasize dynamical laws, interpretive frameworks, or information-theoretic reconstructions. Less attention is given to the structural constraints that determine which physical descriptions can remain coherent and stable under interaction, scale transition, and aggregation. This paper develops a constraint-first analysis of coherence, arguing that persistence and unification require restrictions on admissible physical continuations that are not reducible to dynamics alone. Within the framework referred to here as Quantum Coherence Theory (QCT), coherence is treated not as a fragile quantum resource but as a structural property governed by interaction geometry and constraint density. On this view, classical behavior emerges when accumulated constraints sufficiently narrow admissible evolution, while quantum behavior re-emerges when constraints are relaxed. The account does not introduce new dynamics, collapse mechanisms, or modifications of quantum formalism, but instead clarifies the conditions under which existing formalisms yield stable, unified descriptions. The resulting constraints distinguish QCT from observer-centric, intrinsic-collapse, and purely descriptive decoherence accounts, while remaining compatible with globally unitary dynamics. Formal analysis in later sections develops operational redundancy conditions, admissibility constraints on joint states, and rigidity-style arguments linking redundant record structure to the stability of classical descriptions. These results do not constitute a complete theory of unification, but they narrow the space of physically admissible descriptions and clarify the structural role of coherence in bridging quantum and classical regimes.
Viable Worlds Theory (VWT) presents a constraint-based framework for understanding why some worlds, systems, or environments are able to persist while others cannot. At its core, VWT is grounded in Quantum Coherence Theory (QCT), which provides a physical account of coherence, decoherence, and classical emergence without appeal to observer privilege, epistemic collapse, or branching ontologies. In QCT, the quantum–classical transition is treated not as a discontinuous event or interpretive choice, but as a continuous restriction of admissible configurations under increasing constraint density. Classical behavior emerges when alternative trajectories are no longer structurally viable, not because new laws are introduced, but because constraint accumulation renders deviation unsustainable. Decoherence is therefore understood as a structural phenomenon driven by environmental coupling, record formation, and invariant alignment, rather than as a measurement artifact or probabilistic selection. Viable Worlds Theory generalizes this insight beyond physics. It proposes that persistence under constraint is the primary explanatory primitive across domains. A “world” is defined not by belief, equilibrium, optimization, or narrative coherence, but by whether its structure can continue to exist under interaction, accumulated load, and environmental coupling. Many systems fail not because they are locally inconsistent or inefficient, but because they violate global viability conditions that only become visible under scale, interaction, or time. Within this framework, coherence is defined as the capacity of a system to maintain internal consistency relative to its own invariant structure while interacting with externally imposed invariants without loss of identity or stability. Where this condition fails, persistence fails with it—regardless of substrate or domain. Quantum systems provide the minimal physical test case for this claim, making QCT the foundational regime from which VWT is derived rather than merely illustrated. VWT explicitly distinguishes itself from Many-Worlds and other branching interpretations. While QCT allows for vast ontic possibility at the quantum level, it denies that unconstrained proliferation yields enduring worlds. Instead, only configurations that satisfy shared invariants and constraint compatibility can stabilize as persistent environments. The contribution of Viable Worlds Theory is not a new dynamics or a universal optimization principle, but a diagnostic framework for identifying why only certain structures—physical, informational, biological, cognitive, or engineered—are able to endure. By grounding world viability in quantum coherence and extending it through scale-agnostic constraint analysis, VWT offers a unified explanation for persistence, collapse, and the limits of admissible reality. (For ongoing discussion and additional material related to Coherence Science, Viable Worlds Theory (VWT), Quantum Coherence Theory (QCT), and Artificial Coherence Intelligence (ACI), see: r/CoherenceScience)
This work introduces a formal and model-independent criterion for the applicability of object-based descriptions in physics. Objecthood is defined operationally as the structural stability of coarse-grained macrostates under microscopic dynamics, quantified through statistical distance and separation of characteristic timescales. The framework is normative rather than predictive: it does not introduce new physical laws, but clarifies when object-based language is justified and when it necessarily breaks down. An explicit example demonstrates how the abstract stability criterion connects to concrete dynamical parameters without committing to a specific model. The results provide a diagnostic foundation for analyzing limiting regimes in statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and the foundations of physical description. Related work: Onishchuk, Y. Conditions of Objecthood: A Structural Analysis of Energy and Physical States. OSF Registration. DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/3FHTC