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Horizon-Restricted Leading Soft QED as Open Quantum System

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-07-08 v1 Information Theory General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics

Abstract

I formulate black-hole-horizon-induced decoherence of charged branch codes as the leading-soft QED restricted to an exterior algebra, formulated as an open quantum system. The fixed-history Feynman--Vernon identity F[J,J]=1{\cal F}[J,J]=1 remains exact. Decoherence enters through the unequal-history influence factor that survives exterior monitoring and belongs to the complementary horizon output. In the coherent eikonal regime, I derive the completely positive Schur channel (EH(0)ρ)ab=ΦbH,(0)ΦaH,(0)ρab({\cal E}_H^{(0)}\rho)_{ab}=\langle\Phi_b^{H,(0)}|\Phi_a^{H,(0)}\rangle \, \rho_{ab}. The leading soft input is the eikonal factor, projected onto the horizon radiative algebra. The channel yields Gram-positivity constraints, an exterior quantum-eraser bound, finite-time non-Markovianity tests, soft/hard scaling criteria, and a charged-qutrit interferometer measuring a leading-soft Bargmann holonomy. The holonomy phase is the rephasing-invariant symplectic area of a triangle in horizon soft phase space. I show that its orientation, common-mode, triangulation, and completely positive determinant identities render falsifiable tests beyond pairwise two-path visibility.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.07342,
  title  = {Horizon-Restricted Leading Soft QED as Open Quantum System},
  author = {Soo-Jong Rey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.07342},
  year   = {2026}
}

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32 pages, 3 figures embedded

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