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February 25, 20260 citationsOpen Access

The Double-Slit Experiment on a Discrete Holographic Lattice: Interference, Decoherence, and the Emergence of Classical Probability.

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DEDavid Graham Elliman

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  • The research aims to explore how quantum interference transitions to classical probability through environmental interactions.
  • Utilized a finite 4.8.8 lattice to model electron wavepacket propagation.
  • Introduced environmental coupling at the slit to study its effects on interference.
  • Analyzed the deterministic evolution of wavefunctions without continuum approximations.
  • Observed single-slit and double-slit diffraction patterns closely matching experimental data.
  • Interference was destroyed upon environmental coupling, leading to Born rule statistics from decoherence.
  • Demonstrated that wavefunction collapse can be explained without invoking a conscious observer.

Abstract

We show that exact unitary propagation of an electron wavepacket on a fi- nite 4.8.8 lattice reproduces single-slit and double-slit diffraction patterns in close quantitative agreement with experiment, with no continuum approxima- tion. When environmental coupling is introduced at the slit, interference is destroyed and Born rule statistics emerge from decoherence alone. Using the deterministic kinematics of the circlette lattice, we demonstrate that wave- function collapse need not be postulated. The transition from quantum inter- ference to classical probability distributions emerges naturally from unitary evolution through the deterministic tracing-out of environmental degrees of freedom. The lattice addresses the apparent measurement problem through finite bandwidth and orthogonal geometry, requiring no conscious observer. This is the third paper in a series developing the Holographic Circlette frame- work, but remains mathematically self-contained.

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David Graham Elliman (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/699e919cf5123be5ed04f39dhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18744326
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