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Can Detector Dynamics Create a False Impression of Nonlocality? Local Information Loss, Measurement Disturbance, and Testable Predictions

Michael Sarnowski

Published Oct 15, 2026• 0 citations
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Can local detector dynamics create a false impression that a physical process requires nonlocalinfluence? This paper investigates that hypothesis through two derived mechanisms for concealingor changing input distinctions. In a symmetric receiving configuration of the updated T7 contactmodel, different relative input phases give exactly the same continuous central response, before anybinary threshold or event selection. In the retained T34D rotor model, equal-energy preparationswith opposite velocities can instead acquire different lasting records after strong probing. Anenergy bound protects the disconnected records. These results establish limited observability andmeasurement-induced disturbance within the stated models; stronger probing does not universallyreduce discrimination. The latest T34D timing audits, phase investigation and restricted circuitconnection are incorporated. Released Ramsey means show substantial measurement-related contrastloss, also explained by conventional dephasing. The resulting detector-origin hypothesis is specific:local receiving, recording or selection dynamics might make an inference of nonlocal influenceunwarranted. Its application to actual entanglement experiments remains unresolved. The T7source-to-memory interaction and a calibrated prediction for complete two-wing records are stillrequired; local phase ambiguity alone does not evade the complete-trial CHSH bound. The paperidentifies established physical ingredients and the tests needed to determine whether they can producethe proposed false impression.

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10.5281/zenodo.23400673

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