Internal-Informational Quantum Theory (IFT-ISE) From Double-Slit Interference to Black-Hole Informational Horizons Complete Theoretical and Experimental Edition
IFT-ISE is a unified quantum–informational framework in which wave–particle behavior emerges from the interaction between informational structure, geometry, and time. The model extends the standard photonic Hilbert space by introducing an internal informational subsystem, not as a new force or interaction, but as a generator of relational constraints. The framework combines Informational Field Theory (IFT)—where spatial probability distributions arise from local informational entropy gradients—with Internal State Encoding (ISE), a discrete informational basis governing the accessibility of particle-like states. Within this perspective, informational asymmetry does not induce collapse through measurement, but generates relational time and state distinguishability within the local informational geometry. Since photons possess no proper time, the emergence of even minimal relational time renders wave-like propagation incompatible, enforcing particle-like behavior without invoking observer-induced collapse. This reinterpretation provides a physically transparent explanation for the extreme sensitivity of the double-slit experiment to infinitesimal which-path information. IFT-ISE reconstructs the double-slit experiment, predicts upstream coherence modulation prior to slit interaction, and extends naturally to black-hole horizons, where extreme informational geometry suppresses temporal accessibility and amplifies informational structure. Mathematical derivations, conceptual diagrams, and experimentally testable predictions are provided, offering a coherent informational foundation for quantum optical and gravitational boundary phenomena.
IFT-ISE is a unified quantum–informational framework in which wave–particle behavior emerges from the interaction between informational structure, geometry, and time. The model extends the standard photonic Hilbert space by introducing an internal informational subsystem, not as a new force or interaction, but as a generator of relational constraints. The framework combines Informational Field Theory (IFT)—where spatial probability distributions arise from local informational entropy gradients—with Internal State Encoding (ISE), a discrete informational basis governing the accessibility of particle-like states. Within this perspective, informational asymmetry does not induce collapse through measurement, but generates relational time and state distinguishability within the local informational geometry. Since photons possess no proper time, the emergence of even minimal relational time renders wave-like propagation incompatible, enforcing particle-like behavior without invoking observer-induced collapse. This reinterpretation provides a physically transparent explanation for the extreme sensitivity of the double-slit experiment to infinitesimal which-path information. IFT-ISE reconstructs the double-slit experiment, predicts upstream coherence modulation prior to slit interaction, and extends naturally to black-hole horizons, where extreme informational geometry suppresses temporal accessibility and amplifies informational structure. Mathematical derivations, conceptual diagrams, and experimentally testable predictions are provided, offering a coherent informational foundation for quantum optical and gravitational boundary phenomena.
This paper presents Vibrational Quantum Theory (VQT), a unified framework in which quantum behavior and gravitational phenomena emerge from the vibrational dynamics of a primordial string-like substrate. Information is understood not as primitive computational bits, but as relational patterns arising from interference, energy exchange, and redistribution among fundamental excitations. The theory introduces a Local Vibrational Field whose gradients shape spatial probability distributions, and an Internal Vibrational Encoding that governs the transition between wave-like and particle-like regimes. Wave-particle duality is reinterpreted as a consequence of temporal incompatibility: even minimal vibrational interference introduces relational time structures incompatible with the photon’s null proper time. The framework provides a complete reconstruction of the double-slit experiment from first principles and predicts upstream coherence effects. It extends naturally to black-hole horizons, where extreme vibrational interference triggers active decompositional dynamics. Quantum states are decomposed and redistributed across compatible layers according to a Coherence Redistribution Principle. Black holes are interpreted as cosmic cleaning and recombination nodes within the primordial vibrational substrate. All predictions are in principle falsifiable through precision interferometric and gravitational-wave observations.
We present a theoretical framework in which the interference pattern of the double-slit experiment emerges from a variational principle defined on an informational manifold rather than from postulated wave–particle duality. Within the Viscous Time Theory (VTT) framework, physical systems are described by identity-preserving trajectories that minimize an informational latency functional. The competition between two permissible trajectories under finite latency produces a coherent term analogous to an interference phase, without assuming a physical wave or pre-existing superposition. The resulting probability distribution reduces to the standard double-slit formula in the limit of uniform latency and recovers the disappearance of interference under which-way detection as a breakdown of coherent identity. The model introduces a gradient of informational awareness that predicts a localized collapse event associated with a tensor activation reflecting the transition to a single-path regime. We propose an experimental protocol combining single-photon interference with EEG recordings to test whether early variations in the awareness gradient correlate with the collapse of coherence. We further report a model-based validation using a synchronized double-slit and EEG-inspired signal protocol, in which analytically constructed waveforms—consistent with published spectral properties—are used to illustrate threshold-driven collapse behavior, finite-time collapse dynamics, and improved predictive performance of the VTT model compared to standard decoherence-based descriptions. The framework thus provides a testable and experimentally supported informational interpretation of quantum interference, suggesting that wave–particle transitions correspond to a reorganization of identity in viscous informational time rather than a change in physical ontology.
This is the third paper in the IFUF (Information-First Unified Framework) series, presenting a structural reinterpretation of the double-slit experiment. Unlike standard quantum mechanics, which relies on the arbitrary wave function collapse hypothesis, IFUF explains coherence loss through two unified mechanisms: Instantaneous Coherence Collapse and Temporal Coherence Decay (₸ Law). This paper introduces the concept of Coherence Length (Lc) as a quantifiable measure of quantum stability, directly linked to a particle’s intrinsic ₸ value. It reinterprets experimental data from large molecule interference (e.g., C60, C70) as structural validation of the IFUF model, showing that each collision constitutes a localized EMagnitude interaction—effectively a measurement event. By replacing environmental decoherence with internal structural necessity, IFUF offers a unified, predictive framework for quantum behavior and defines the ultimate physical boundaries for future quantum technologies.
This work presents a unified, interpretive account of quantum interference and delayed-choice experiments that applies equally to photons and massive particles. Rather than invoking spacetime trajectories, wave–particle duality, retrocausality, or collapse postulates, the paper locates quantum interference in the coherent evolution of internal, pre-geometric degrees of freedom defined over classical spacetime. Within this framework, “which-path” questions are not merely unanswered but fundamentally ill-posed: interference arises from global coherence of an internal field subject to experimental boundary conditions, while spacetime itself remains single-valued and classical at laboratory scales. The approach reproduces all standard quantum-mechanical predictions without modification and is explicitly interpretive rather than predictive. A central result is a unified explanation of why interference occurs across disparate physical systems—photons, electrons, atoms, and molecules—while decoherence manifests through system-dependent physical mechanisms. Photons and massive particles differ in how internal coherence is lost (e.g., electromagnetic absorption versus collisional and thermal interactions), but not in the underlying principle. Delayed-choice experiments are reinterpreted without paradox: changes to the apparatus modify boundary conditions for the internal field rather than retroactively altering particle histories. By removing spacetime paths from the fundamental ontology, the framework offers a consistent, path-free account of interference, decoherence, and localized detection that preserves the empirical success of quantum mechanics while clarifying its conceptual foundations.
Abstract:Wave–particle duality remains one of the most conceptually challenging aspects of quantum mechanics. Standard interpretations describe the transition between wave-like and particle-like behavior through complementarity or measurement-induced collapse, but do not specify the underlying mechanism.This work proposes a new interpretation based on Informational Distinguishability (ID): a quantum system behaves as a wave when its possible micro-configurations or paths are informationally indistinguishable, and as a particle when environmental structure renders these configurations distinguishable. The transition corresponds to an informational compression rather than an observer-dependent collapse.The framework naturally explains interference disappearance, quantum erasers, delayed-choice phenomena, and upstream mode switching. It also yields falsifiable predictions, including quantitative thresholds of distinguishability and controlled partial-interference regimes.The model provides a unifying informational foundation for wave–particle behavior and suggests new directions in quantum foundations, measurement theory, and informational physics.
This paper develops a fully empirical, physics-grounded reinterpretation of the double-slit experiment using the same flux-ledger framework established in Modules A–D of the Zero Infinity Research Program. By expressing quantum interference in terms of probability current density, boundary flux, and environmental decoherence, the work shows that the double-slit phenomenon requires no mysteries, hidden forces, or nonlocal metaphysics. Instead, the interference pattern emerges naturally from: Conservation of probability current, Phase-coherent flux across an open boundary, and Loss of coherence encoded as a measurable entropy-flux term Ψ∞. The analysis re-derives the standard results—interference fringes, collapse under measurement, and decoherence scaling—from first principles while embedding them within the broader conservation trilogy: Φ∞ (boundary energy flux) Ψ∞ (entropy/memory flux) Π∞ (momentum flux) This connects quantum optics to the same flux-driven framework used to model black hole mergers, spacecraft recoil, comet polarization curves, and organic spectral coherence in earlier modules. The paper also integrates cross-disciplinary results from decoherence theory, Bohmian mechanics, optical coherence tomography, and open quantum systems, showing how each maps cleanly onto a boundary-flux formalism. The result is a physically rigorous, mathematically transparent, and conceptually unifying explanation of the double-slit experiment—one that preserves standard quantum mechanics while clarifying how and where interference information is stored, exported, and erased. This work extends the Zero Infinity Program into quantum foundations, offering a synthesis of classical wave mechanics, quantum probability current, thermodynamic export, and information flow across system boundaries.