Version note (v2.0, 2026-04-06): This release updates editorial consistency across the Phase-Model series (Papers 01–13), including reference formatting, author-name normalization, and removal of local-path citation strings. The core model claims and rejection logic are unchanged unless explicitly stated below. This preprint proposes a multi-minima phase-landscape closure model for spin-glass systems. The framework combines random-coupling phase variables with explicit basin-transition dynamics, links phase-overlap order, two-time correlation decay, memory, and hysteresis observables, and defines reject criteria under temperature-cycling protocol transfer tests.
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