Geometry Collapse Theory: A Completion of Quantum Mechanics via Noise Geometry

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Authors: Vincent Marquez
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Abstract

We show that any objective collapse model satisfying (i) Markovian dynamics, (ii) Lindblad consistency, and (iii) pointer-basis localization is necessarily geometry-dependent: collapse rates are controlled by the spectral bottleneck D∗Σ, not by particle number, entanglement, or Hilbert-space dimension. This follows from the structure of pointer-diagonal Lindblad generators and does not require interpretational assumptions. Building on this foundation, we develop a min-imal completion of quantum mechanics—in the same technical sense as GRW/CSL—with two additional physical commitments: (A) the noise record is ontologically real, making outcomes deterministic given the record; and (B) the noise metric has gravitational origin, Σ = Σ(G)/ℏ, where the 1/r spatial structure is derived from linearized quantum gravity and the amplitude is fixed up to order-unity regularization. This yields the Penrose-Di´osi timescale τ ∼ℏ/∆EG as a derived result rather than an ansatz. The framework predicts that GHZ and Cluster states with the same particle number collapse at rates differing by a factor of n—a ratio that constitutes a parameter-free experimental test. This prediction has been validated on IBM quantum hardware, with sub-percent prefactor agreement for the theorem applied to environmental noise. We iden-tify a window λ0 ∈[10−20,10−10] Hz for the fundamental collapse rate, consistent with current bounds. Applications include: intrinsic geometric robustness of quantum error-correcting codes,Noise Geometry Tomography for reverse-engineering transport coefficients, and testable cosmo-logical implications. Within the class of Markovian CPTP collapse models that localize in a pointer basis, geometry-dependence is a theorem; models outside this class (e.g., non-Markovian,Everettian, or contextual) are not constrained by our result.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Quantum Mechanics and Applications Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Relativity and Gravitational Theory

Publication details

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