ON THE PHYSICAL ENFORCEMENT STATUS OF INTERNAL QUANTUM ENERGY SUBSYSTEMS IN CLOSED COMPUTATIONAL ARCHITECTURES

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Authors: Darren Cudd
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Abstract

This paper performs a strictly physics-only test of whether long-lived internal excitation states—specifically collective molecular triplet excitations—constitute genuine energy storage or merely delay dissipation. Using a logical-necessity framework, the analysis fixes a closed physical system boundary and applies conservation laws, removal tests, and enforcement criteria to distinguish internal energy redistribution from externally enforcing work. The paper demonstrates that, within a closed boundary where no energy crosses during operation, internal excitations cannot act as physically enforcing energy sources: they do not generate force, momentum transfer, or boundary-crossing energy exchange. Their role is therefore necessarily classified as energy retention rather than energy storage, independent of lifetime extension, coherence, or decay suppression.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies Complex Systems and Dynamics

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
13 January 2026
Document type
Preprint