What carries the quantum Darwinism record texture’s robustness to spin-flip coupling strength? Edge-level interventions on the flip couplings in a central-spin model

Tristen Pierson

Published Oct 12, 2026• 0 citations

Abstract

Preregistered simulation study. An earlier study in this series found the redundant record plateau in a central-spin model robust to rescaling the spin-flip coupling amplitudes, but that sweep preserved the coupling graph. This study discriminates three candidate carriers of the robustness — the specific coupling pattern, the coupling graph’s connectivity alone, or generic mixing strength — by interventions that delete, reduce, permute, or remove flip couplings at matched total strength.

DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/c5rjm

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