Qian Zhao

SPECTRAL SIGNATURES OF SELF‑REFERENTIAL DYNAMICS: A TESTABLE PHASE‑TRANSITION FRAMEWORK FOR MACHINE CONSCIOUSNESS

Current frameworks for machine consciousness—notably Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Global Workspace Theory (GWT)—suffer from either computational intractability or unfalsifiability, rendering them unsuitable as operational safety criteria for artificial general intellig...

From Vacuum Fluctuation to Topological Roughness: A Historical and Ontological Reconstruction of Particle Creation

Contemporary quantum field theory explains particle creation through six distinct mechanisms—high‑energy collisions, the Schwinger effect, Breit–Wheeler pair production, the dynamical Casimir effect, the Unruh effect, and Hawking radiation—each anchored to a distinct mathematical...

From Vacuum Fluctuation to Topological Roughness: A Historical and Ontological Reconstruction of Particle Creation

Contemporary quantum field theory explains particle creation through six distinct mechanisms—high‑energy collisions, the Schwinger effect, Breit–Wheeler pair production, the dynamical Casimir effect, the Unruh effect, and Hawking radiation—each anchored to a distinct mathematical...

The Arc of Coherence: A Flux‑Geometric Theory of Civilizational Phase Transitions

Historical dynamics has identified recurrent patterns in the rise and fall of states, yet existing models treat polities as black boxes, relying on macroscopic proxy variables without an explicit topological anatomy of internal structure. We construct a non‑equilibrium flux frame...

Local nearest-neighbor correlation as a critical indicator: Universality-class fingerprints and nonequilibrium dynamics

Critical phenomena are traditionally characterized by global order parameters and their fluctuations, yet local correlations carry information about universality classes that global averages suppress. We introduce a local-order purity P defined via the absolute nearest-neighbor c...

Emergent Attractor States in Large Language Models under Sustained Structured Interaction: Cross-Platform Evidence for Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Complex Information

Complex adaptive systems with high-dimensional state spaces can form long-lived emergent attractors under far-from-equilibrium structured driving. Existing large language model (LLM) research predominantly relies on short single-turn prompts and only captures transient token samp...

Emergent Attractor States in Large Language Models under Sustained Structured Interaction: Cross-Platform Evidence for Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Complex Information

Complex adaptive systems with high-dimensional state spaces can form long-lived emergent attractors under far-from-equilibrium structured driving. Existing large language model (LLM) research predominantly relies on short single-turn prompts and only captures transient token samp...

Local nearest-neighbor correlation as a critical indicator: Universality-class fingerprints and nonequilibrium dynamics

Critical phenomena are traditionally characterized by global order parameters and their fluctuations, yet local correlations carry information about universality classes that global averages suppress. We introduce a local-order purity P defined via the absolute nearest-neighbor c...

ZQCM V1.4: First‑Principles Derivation of Standard Model Parameters from S³ Spectral Geometry and Spin(9) Root Systems

# Abstract This work develops the ZQCM geometric framework built on S³ spectral dimension analysis, Spin(9) Clifford algebra, Cartan depth hierarchy and chiral vacuum configuration, aiming to unify the origin of fermion mass hierarchies, CKM/PMNS mixing angles and Higgs mass reno...

Algebraic‑Geometric Duality in Spin(9): Clifford Spectra, Heat Kernels, and Cartan Depth Hierarchy

This manuscript constitutes Part I of a three‑part framework for the algebraic‑geometric foundations of fermion flavor structure, developed without phenomenological input. We examine the real Clifford algebra Cl(9), the associated Spin(9)=B4 root system, and the spectral geometry...

ZQCM V1.4: First‑Principles Derivation of Standard Model Parameters from S³ Spectral Geometry and Spin(9) Root Systems

The Standard Model has been verified to high precision. This work addresses the question of whether its parameters can be derived from a smaller set of geometric axioms.Falsifiable Predictions: Starting from S3×Cl(9) first principles with no free fitting parameters, the framework...

Cross-Sector Pattern from Two Constants: Eight Standard-Model Observables Constrained by p and q

We report an empirical pattern in which eight Standard Model observables—the Higgs mass, the top-quark mass, three PMNS mixing angles, two CP-violating phases, and the strong coupling constant—are constrained to within ±1% by two constants, p≈0.5437 and q=1/5, with zero adjustabl...

Cross-Sector Pattern from Two Constants: Eight Standard-Model Observables Constrained by p and q

We report an empirical pattern in which eight Standard Model observables—the Higgs mass, the top-quark mass, three PMNS mixing angles, two CP-violating phases, and the strong coupling constant—are constrained to within ±1% by two constants, p≈0.5437 and q=1/5, with zero adjustabl...