Spec 013 - Eigenbasis carrier of timeless QD records: simulation preregistration

Tristen Pierson

Published Oct 2, 2026• 0 citations

Abstract

Preregistration of a simulation study: does the timeless quantum-Darwinism record texture of a central-spin model depend on the energy eigenbasis at exactly fixed spectrum? The Hamiltonian is conjugated by environment-only on-site unitaries (spectrum preserved, eigenbasis rotated) and paired texture statistics are compared under frozen verdict criteria. Protocol and code hash-pinned at freeze before the campaign; this registration precedes all campaign computation.

DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/yj62s

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