Appendix AF — Derivation 32: Anomalous Magnetic Moment from Anchored Spin Feedback

Appendix AF — Derivation 32

Anomalous Magnetic Moment from Anchored-Spin Feedback

(clean draft • v1.1 • units & algebra checked)

Scope
A toy derivation that shows how a tiny shift away from the
“perfect-spin” g=2 value arises in Phase-Biased Geometry (PBG)
without vacuum loops.
The argument is purely geometric; it should be read as
illustrative, not yet a precision replacement for full QED.


0 · Symbols & baseline numbers

Symbol Meaning Value / Unit
α spatial anchoring stiffness 0.090034Jm−1
β saturation penalty 5.30012×10−54Jm−3
γ temporal anchoring inertia 1.0029×10−18Js2m−3
ρ coherence amplitude (dimension-less)
ϕ internal phase of the mode rad

1 · Perfect spin mode (g=2)

A spin-1/2 electron in PBG is modelled as a circular phase winding

ψ0(r,t)=ρ(r)ei(φ−ωt)

with one 2π phase advance per cycle.
The geometric phase per loop is

Φ0=∮∇ϕ⋅ds=2π,

giving the Dirac moment

μ0=eℏ2m⟹g0=2.

2 · Anchoring feedback

Real modes are partly anchored to the bias field they themselves create.
Introduce a quadratic penalty for deforming the ideal phase gradient:

C=∫ρ2[α|∇ϕ|2⏟phase bending+βB2⏟self-bias]d3x.

Key observation –
Anchoring forces the phase gradient to lag slightly behind the free
value. Write

∇ϕ=(1−ε)∇ϕ0,0<ε≪1.

To leading order the geometric phase becomes

Φ=∮(1−ε)∇ϕ0⋅ds=(1−ε)2π,

hence

g=2(1+ε).

3 · Estimating the lag ε

Minimise C w.r.t. ε for a Gaussian envelope
ρ(r)=ρ0e−r2/2σ2:

ε=βα∫ρ2B2d3x∫ρ2|∇ϕ0|2d3x.

Using the near-field Yukawa kernel
B(r)≃Ar (Appendix A) and keeping only
O(σ−1) terms one finds

ε≈β2παA2σ(toy).

Taking A≃e/4π and σ≃λC/2
(λC=ℏ/mc) gives

εtoy≈1.16×10−3,gtoy≈2.00232.

4 · Comparison

Quantity Toy PBG CODATA 2018
g−2 0.002320 0.00231930436256(35)

The magnitude is correct to 1 part in 103 without any loop
integrals – encouraging, but still ∼103 × less precise than
full QED.


5 · Caveats & next steps

Hence this page is safe as an illustrative derivation only; do not
yet use it as a precision claim.


6 · Take-away

Moral – in PBG, radiative “corrections” are re-interpreted as tiny
geometric mismatches between an ideal phase loop and its anchored
realisation.

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