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A Braid--Detector Open-System Framework: Natural Braid Steady States, Correlation Readout, and a Qutrit Phase Boundary

Kobie Janse van Rensburg

Published Apr 20, 2026• 0 citations
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This upload presents an open research framework for a braid-sector detector programme. The framework explores how structured braid information is detected in toy open-system models, moving from hand-prepared two-state braid sectors to natural braid steady states, qutrit braid sectors, correlation-based readout channels, compact phase diagrams, and a tightened qutrit phase-boundary scan. The main result is that local detector one-point observables are weak probes of braid order, while braid–detector correlation channels carry the decisive signal. In the qutrit sector, the dominant readout crosses from population-dominated to phase-dominated when the nearest-neighbour braid mixing exceeds a sharp threshold near V* ≈ 0.48, with only mild dependence on residual energy splitting and explicit phase coupling. The upload also includes a first toy asymptotic memory-charge ansatz that promotes this crossover to a boundary-memory model on null infinity. This is not presented as a peer-reviewed claim of established physics. The purpose of this document is to freeze the present framework, numerical logic, observables, and main outcomes in a form usable by other researchers as a basis for extension, critique, or replacement.

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10.5281/zenodo.19670593

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