Delayed-Choice Experiment - Pattern Field Theory Interpretation
Apparatus defines basin admissibility; Phase Alignment Lock (PAL) commits; Event Cascade finalizes record
Configuration A - Single beam splitter (open class)
PFT lens: BS1 creates a two-channel admissible structure. With no recombination constraint, two basins remain eligible. PAL at detection commits into D1 or D2 (≈50/50).
Configuration B - Two beam splitters (closure enforced)
PFT lens: BS2 enforces closure. One bright port remains admissible and one dark port is excluded by phase-closure. PAL at detection commits accordingly (≈100/0).
Determinism here is a closure result.
Delayed-choice (late closure selection)
- BS2 absent - open class, two basins eligible, PAL yields ≈50/50.
- BS2 inserted - closure enforced, one basin eligible, PAL yields ≈100/0.
- Event Cascade - detector plus apparatus finalization, not an in-flight story.
Criteria You Want to Debunk
- Events don’t exist just because components are present - PFT requires PAL + Objective Lock before an event begins.
- Delayed choice doesn’t rewrite history - It changes admissibility before PAL Release, not retrocausality.
- Closure vs open class - BS2 enforces closure; without it, outcomes remain probabilistic.
- Objective Closure vs exiting basin - Events end by closure or by leaving the basin, not by “wave collapse.”
- In the demo - apparatus defines admissibility, PAL authorizes, Event Cascade plays, closure finalizes.
Status is shown as one clean lifecycle row.
Idle
Sequence: PAL + Objective Lock - PAL Release + Event Cascade Begins - Event Cascade (active) - End of Event - Objective Closure.
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