Anchoring Cost Profiles in PBG

Appendix AQ - Anchoring Cost Profiles in PBG

1. Photon Anchoring Cost — Decoherence Penalty

Photon is a latency-preserving coherence mode.
It does not fully anchor to external fields — it preserves internal phase while minimally interacting.

Anchoring Cost Density:

Λ_{γ} (r) = γ_{0} {(\frac{d B}{d r})}^{2}

Where:

$γ_{0}$ is the universal photon decoherence sensitivity constant,
$B (r)$ is the coherence bias field emitted by massive sources (e.g., the Sun).

Solar Field:

B (r) = \frac{A}{r} e^{- k r}

with decay constant:

k = \sqrt{β / α}

Thus:

Explicit Decoherence Penalty:

Λ_{γ} (r) = γ_{0} {(\frac{d}{d r} (\frac{A}{r} e^{- k r}))}^{2} = γ_{0} {(\frac{A e^{- k r}}{r^{2}} (1 + k r))}^{2}

The photon experiences a tension gradient in $Λ_{γ}$ , causing path curvature.

Photon Deflection Force:

F_{⊥} = - \nabla_{⊥} Λ_{γ}

This produces solar lensing consistent with the observed 1.75 arcseconds deflection.

Photon Anchoring Summary:

Anchoring form: Decoherence penalty field,
Profile: Gradient of background coherence field,
Constants: $γ_{0} \approx 8.65 \times 10^{- 56} {J·s}^{2} / m$ (calibrated from solar lensing),
No full anchoring; tension follows coherence gradient.

2. Electron Anchoring Cost — Coherence Shell Anchoring

The electron is a phase-wrapped coherence mode.
It anchors tightly to its own internal phase structure and external coherence fields.

Electron Modal Envelope (assumed):

f_{e} (r) = A_{e} e^{- r / r_{c, e}}

Where:

$r_{c, e}$ is the electron coherence decay radius (approximately Bohr radius scale),
$A_{e}$ is the normalisation constant (set by total coherence energy).

Electron Phase Structure:

ϕ_{e} (r) = k_{e} r

with

k_{e} = \frac{1}{r_{c, e}}

Thus, internal phase winds linearly with radius.

Anchoring Cost Between Displaced Shells

Suppose two electron shells are displaced by $R$ .

Anchoring Cost Functional:

C (R) = \cos (k_{e} R) \times \int_{0}^{\infty} f_{e} (r) f_{e} (r - R) r^{2} d r

Key features:

Cosine term captures phase mismatch between shells,
Envelope overlap measures amplitude matching.

Anchoring Force

The force is the negative gradient of the cost:

F (R) = - \frac{d}{d R} C (R)

Expanding:

F (R) = k_{e} \sin (k_{e} R) \times (\int f_{e} (r) f_{e} (r - R) r^{2} d r) - \cos (k_{e} R) \times (\frac{d}{d R} \int f_{e} (r) f_{e} (r - R) r^{2} d r)

Behaviour at Large Separations

At separations $R ≫ r_{c, e}$ :

The envelope overlap decays roughly as $1 / R$ ,
The phase oscillates sinusoidally.

Thus:

C (R) \sim \frac{\cos (k_{e} R)}{R}

Taking the derivative:

F (R) \sim \frac{1}{R^{2}}

matching Coulomb’s law scaling.

Final Summary

Mode	Anchoring Cost Type	Cost Profile	Behaviour
Photon	Decoherence penalty field	Gradient of $(d B / d r)^{2}$	Smooth curvature
Electron	Coherence anchoring cost	Phase interference + envelope overlap	Coulomb scaling ( $1 / R^{2}$ )