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Paper T26: Experimental Protocols for Testing Angular Coherence in the Holosphere Lattice

Michael Sarnowski

Published Feb 6, 2026• 0 citations
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This paper presents a set of experimental protocols designed to test Holosphere Theory, a framework in which quantum measurement outcomes arise from angular coherence structure rather than probabilistic wavefunction collapse. The protocols focus on three observable effects that differ from standard quantum-mechanical expectations: sudden collapse of correlations when alignment fails, direction-dependent (anisotropic) degradation of correlations under applied strain, and the appearance of measurement “dropouts” when coherence falls below a visibility threshold. The paper specifies how to prepare experimental systems, apply controlled decoherence or strain, and measure correlations and detection rates without relying on post-selection. It emphasizes the use of unconditioned statistics that include no-detection events as meaningful outcomes. The proposed tests are compatible with existing experimental platforms such as photonic systems, atomic spins, and solid-state qubits. These protocols are explicitly falsifiable. If the predicted boundary-like transitions, directional effects, and visibility-gated dropouts are observed under controlled conditions, they support a coherence-structured interpretation of measurement. If not, the results place clear constraints on Holosphere Theory. The paper therefore provides a concrete experimental framework for deciding whether angular coherence structure plays a real role in quantum measurement.

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10.5281/zenodo.15843903

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