This record is archival and kept online mainly for traceability. It contains a short preprint and a few legacy toy scripts that illustrate BCT ideas in minimal, didactic scenarios (Schrödinger’s cat, double slit / which-way, spin measurement). Status and limitations.These scripts are conceptual demonstrations only. They are not physical predictions, and the code is intentionally simplistic (including mixed-language comments/expressions). This branch is no longer maintained. Current reference (consolidated BCT framework): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18496128
This record is archival and kept online mainly for traceability. It contains a short preprint and a few legacy toy scripts that illustrate BCT ideas in minimal, didactic scenarios (Schrödinger’s cat, double slit / which-way, spin measurement). Status and limitations.These scripts are conceptual demonstrations only. They are not physical predictions, and the code is intentionally simplistic (including mixed-language comments/expressions). This branch is no longer maintained. Current reference (consolidated BCT framework): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18496128
Bit-Collapse Theory (BCT) treats collapse as a threshold effect of stable, accessible which-way information. This note provides a minimal, pre-registered thermal route to test—and potentially refute—that core criterion. The proposal links temperature to record retention via a conservative memory-loss model and predicts a visibility transition when retention falls below the minimum stability requirement. Explicit falsifiers and technology-agnostic experimental protocols are stated to separate retention effects from ordinary dephasing and to define clear failure conditions for the model. This document is intended as a standalone operational sharpening of the core BCT collapse claim. The consolidated framework, context, and ongoing updates are maintained under the main BCT DOI record: 10.5281/zenodo.17263998. Keywords: which-way information; quantum eraser; thermal noise; memory retention; falsifiability; information threshold; interference visibility; decoherence control.
Bit-Collapse Theory (BCT) is an ontological interpretation of quantum mechanics in which the primitive is not a physical collapse, but informational identity. A (conscious) configuration is treated as a discrete informational macro-state: multiple microphysical realizations may instantiate the same macro-identity, so experiential “superposition” corresponds to physical multiplicity under one informational equivalence class. “Collapse” is defined as equivalence-breaking: when a distinguishing bit becomes macro-relevant and persistently recorded, a shared macro-description can no longer cover the alternatives, yielding distinct continuations. This release is designed for public dissemination and includes:(1) a technical note deriving Born weights as the unique identity-measure compatible with fine-graining invariance and symmetry, and linking the experiential arrow of time to the monotonic accumulation of persistent records, with an explicit bridge to subsystem entropy via entanglement and redundancy;(2) a short popular booklet introducing the framework without mysticism;(3) an objections & responses document;(4) a compact glossary. BCT introduces no modification to Schrödinger dynamics and is presented as an interpretive framework: it reorganizes definiteness, probability, and temporal directionality in terms of informational equivalence classes and persistent records. Note: This DOI currently contains an exploratory technical note, a popular booklet, a glossary, and a short objections-and-responses document. The package develops BCT as an exploratory interpretation centered on informational identity, Born measure, and the arrow of time from persistent records. One especially promising line within the package is the bridge from persistent records to entanglement, subsystem entropy growth, and the arrow of time. A fuller technical version would require additional work on the selection/relevance criterion for the descriptive map, a more explicit positioning relative to Quantum Darwinism, and a stronger treatment of the relation between the present Born-measure argument and standard fine-graining approaches. For now, this record is kept as a structured exploratory package rather than as a finalized journal-ready paper. AI assistance disclosure: Large language models (LLMs) were used during the development of this work. The author is solely responsible for the content and any errors. If you’d like to collaborate (technical critique, examples, simulations, or experimental test ideas), email me at batoritranslation@gmail.com — I’m happy to discuss and will credit substantial contributions in future releases. Keywords: quantum foundations; interpretation of quantum mechanics; measurement problem; Born rule; decoherence; quantum Darwinism; informational identity; equivalence classes; persistent records; arrow of time; entropy; macro-definiteness; information theory
This record contains version 2 of the preprint “Identifiability Limits in Experimental Tests of Quantum Collapse.” It supersedes the conceptually broader first version deposited under DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19617199 and substantially revises the framing, formal results and experimental analysis. The paper formulates experimental tests of objective-collapse dynamics as an operational identifiability problem. It shows that finite accessible CPTP process statistics cannot uniformly distinguish fundamental nonunitarity from an unrestricted unitary-environment dilation. It then separates visibility loss, record formation and global measurement access, and derives a nuisance-profiled Fisher-information criterion for determining when complementary measurement channels jointly identify a shared collapse-parameter vector. A four-arm matched-control architecture is proposed that combines baseline stability, coherent reversibility, calibrated decoherence, durable-record formation and at least one independent side-effect channel. The result is a falsifiable experimental decision framework and a boundary on what accessible data can establish; it is not presented as an ontological solution of the quantum measurement problem. A major technical revision is available as version 3 under DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22072199. This record contains version 2 of the preprint “Identifiability Limits in Experimental Tests of Quantum Collapse.” It supersedes the conceptually broader first version deposited under DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19617199 and substantially revises the framing, formal results and experimental analysis. The paper formulates experimental tests of objective-collapse dynamics as an operational identifiability problem. It shows that finite accessible CPTP process statistics cannot uniformly distinguish fundamental nonunitarity from an unrestricted unitary-environment dilation. It then separates visibility loss, record formation and global measurement access, and derives a nuisance-profiled Fisher-information criterion for determining when complementary measurement channels jointly identify a shared collapse-parameter vector. A four-arm matched-control architecture is proposed that combines baseline stability, coherent reversibility, calibrated decoherence, durable-record formation and at least one independent side-effect channel. The result is a falsifiable experimental decision framework and a boundary on what accessible data can establish; it is not presented as an ontological solution of the quantum measurement problem. Files in this record:1. Main preprint PDF.2. Reproducibility package containing the journal-neutral source, editable manuscript, original figures, deterministic calculation and figure-generation code, machine-readable results, citation metadata and SHA-256 checksums. The included calculations are deterministic mathematical and synthetic checks; they are not experimental validation.
Technical Formalization of the Tri-Structure of Intentional Collapse: (TCT v4) Short Summary / Abstract: TCT v4 formalizes a framework for intentional quantum collapse, integrating irreversible collapse events with standard unitary evolution. The S–R–C (Suspend–Release–Collapse) cycle, together with Kraus and Lindblad constructions, ensures completely positive trace-preserving dynamics while encoding the directional influence of intentional states.Operational implications are illustrated through case studies, including the double-slit experiment, demonstrating modulations in interference patterns driven by intentional collapse. This appendix provides a formally documented, citable technical framework, establishing TCT v4 as a timestamped archival record suitable for reference in future research.
NOTICE: This document has been incorporated into a larger work. This record is retained solely for archival purposes and to preserve intellectual property rights. The content of this draft, along with other previous work, has been substantially revised, expanded and consolidated into the following definitive publication, which completely replaces it: Mancilla, J.J. (2026). Unified Metaphysical Architecture of the Informational Omniverse. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19431467 Please read and cite only the consolidated work. The attached file is no longer available for download.
This record provides the complete figure archive and figure-generation code for the manuscript: “A Differential Null Test for Informational Corrections to Gravity-Related State Reduction.” The archive contains the final manuscript and Supplemental Material figures in both PDF and PNG formats, together with a reproducible Python/Matplotlib script for regenerating the figure set. The figures support a theoretical proposal for a differential null test of informational corrections to gravity-related quantum state reduction. The manuscript develops a matched-pair visibility-residual framework in which ordinary gravitational and environmental baseline terms are cancelled, leaving a testable bound on the informational coupling parameter. The included figures are: Fig1 — main manuscript figure showing the differential null-test structure and visibility-residual logic. FigS1–FigS5 — supplementary figures supporting the branch-density construction, perturbative regime, visibility residuals, coupling bounds, and source-to-energy schematic. The code package includes: generate_prl_figures.py — Python script for regenerating the full figure set. requirements.txt — minimal package requirements. PDF and PNG output folders. SHA256 manifest for file-integrity checking. This Zenodo record is intended to support transparency, reproducibility, and independent inspection of the visual materials associated with the manuscript. The figures are synthetic/theoretical benchmark illustrations and do not represent observational detections or experimental data. Suggested citation use: cite this record when referring to the reproducible figure-generation code or archived figure files associated with the manuscript.