Spin-½ as Relational Phase Memory in a Nested Space Medium
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The spin-½ sign reversal under a 360° rotation and its restoration after 720° are experimentallysupported through coherent interference, whereas Stern–Gerlach measurements reveal discrete spinprojections. This paper formulates a speculative SP3 (Space-Phase) interpretation in which energy inmotion remains associated with a particle’s nested space-medium configuration while its relational phasechanges under controlled external interactions. The proposed physical distinction is between conservedenergy content, internal organization, and phase relative to a coherent reference. A two-sheetedconfiguration-space hypothesis is introduced to represent the same isolated observable orientation withtwo reference-dependent phase conditions differing by π, without requiring different final energy levels.The paper distinguishes spinor sign from spin reversal, identifies conventional mechanisms of dynamicaland geometric phase accumulation, and formulates mathematical consistency requirements and falsifiableexperimental targets. Neither a material space medium nor a specific microscopic mechanism isestablished by existing spin experiments; the half-angle transformation is used here as a benchmark to bederived, not as evidence of SP3.
Author: Beecham, James E.
Institution: University of Florida
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225346956