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Local Energy Fluctuations and Global Conservation in Closed Quantum Measurement:\\ An Exact Unitary Analysis of Many-Worlds Interpretation

Muhammad Ghazi Al Gifari

Published Jun 2, 2026• 0 citations
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Numerical investigation of branch-dependent local energy fluctuations and global conservation laws within the Many-Worlds Interpretation using a closed two-qubit measurement model and exact unitary evolution.

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