Gravitationally Induced Quantum Decoherence via Anisotropic Phase Distribution in 4-Dimensional Incompressible Wave Packets: A Mechanical Bridge to the Penrose Objective Reduction and the Measurement Illusion
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The objective reduction (collapse) of quantum superpositions under gravitational influence remains one of the most deep-seated dilemmas of modern physics. Within the Di´osi–Penrose (DP) framework, Roger Penrose correctly identified that the linear superposition of distinct spacetime metrics generates an ill-defined timelike Killing vector field, necessitating an inevitable decay of the superposition into a single stationary state with a lifetime of τ ≈ ℏ/∆E G . However, because standard formulations treat the quantum particle as an idealized 3-dimensional mass distribution evolving against a classical, external clock, the primary dynamic physical agency destabilizing the state has remained an ontological mystery. Consequently, laboratory-scale gravitational decoherence models have traditionally assumed that the terrestrial gravitational gradient (∼ 10 −16 ) is far too weak to bend null geodesics or scatter phases within an experimental wave packet. Within the framework of the Black Hole–White Wall (BH-WW) model, this work resolves the impasse by restoring the particle’s intrinsic 4-dimensional temporal depth to the system. When quantum particles are treated as incompressible 4-volume packets governed by the principle Ω 4 = ∆V 3 · c∆τ = constant, it is demonstrated that even a weak ambient gravitational potential gradient (∆Φ = g∆h) induces an internal metric shear across the particle’s own temporal thickness (c∆τ). The lower section of the wave packet resides in an axially elongated corridor where the time fiber is stretched, whereas the upper section occupies a less contracted geometry. This gradient breaks the internal phase symmetry, inducing an instantaneous anisotropic geodesic bias along internal photon and virtual-mode scattering trajectories toward the center of gravity. The resulting internal phase torque rapidly destabilizes the 4-dimensional envelope, triggering an irreversible phase discharge (collapse) into a single geodesic trajectory. Furthermore, this mechanism decodes the Copenhagen interpretation’s illusion of the “neutral observer” by revealing that measurement apparatuses reside in the exact same gravitational curvature reservoir: macroscopic detectors are already permanently locked into a single geodesic due to their own massive 4-volumes, and the moment of measurement is merely the geometric entrainment (phase-locking) of the microscopic particle to this macroscopic phase vise. Thus, it is shown that macroscopic core heating in celestial bodies and microscopic wave packet collapse in the laboratory are dual manifestations of the identical opto-geometric phase anisotropy operating across two different scales.
Author: yarkadaş, güven
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225097754