Bibliography

Jeremy Rodgers. A Deterministic Pilot Medium: Bell Path Selection and Autonomous Material Records. Version 2, 15 September 2026. Zenodo preprint. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22774634.

Jeremy Rodgers. A Massive Configuration Completion of the Quantum Measurement Programme. Version 2, 15 September 2026. Zenodo preprint. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22774739.

Shadow Theory research programme. Canonical Source Exchange and Bell Incidence A common charge interaction, a binary reaction mechanism, and a global path-law limit. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Source_Canonical_Exchange.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Selecting Source Incidence A cancellation mechanism, a global path-law limit, and the remaining physical freedom. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Source_Incidence_Selection.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Carrier Neutrality. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Source_Carrier_Neutrality.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Aperture Ownership. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Source_Aperture_Ownership.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Interface and Event Closure. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Source_Interface_and_Event_Closure.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Source Charge Balance and Actual Calibration A dynamical unification, finite-exposure limits, and the remaining causal constitution. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Source_Calibration_Dynamics_and_Constitutive_Core.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Attachment and Continuation. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Source_Attachment_and_Continuation.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Record Transduction and Innovation Taps A constructive output law, its unavoidable backaction, and the remaining source constitution. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Source_Record_Transduction_and_Innovation_Taps.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. First Writing and Finite Causal Closure Source-contact regularity, latent records, and auxiliary-load stability. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Source_First_Writing_and_Finite_Causal_Closure.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Admission and Controlled Measurement Closure. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Source_Admission_and_Controlled_Measurement_Closure.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Shadow source production and measurement compatibility. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Source_Production_and_Measurement_Compatibility.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. An integrated Shadow source measurement theory. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Source_Integrated_Measurement_Theory.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Selection of measurement currents from preparation consistency A conditional source/readout construction and an output-access bound. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Record_Law_Selection.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Finite absorbing tags and causal selection of preparation consistency A source interaction, a finite record theorem, and its admission boundary. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_CPC_Physical_Selection.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Intrinsic outlet actualization: capture, access and causal rate selection A constructive replacement for the absorbing-threshold constitution. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Detector_Constitution.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Dark channels and joint event–continuation selection Source apertures, stochastic daughters and retained memories. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Joint_Event_Continuation.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Protecting the Shadow source aperture Finite-gap transport, retained memories and preselection stability. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Aperture_Protection.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. A common interaction for Shadow detector records Finite arrival, conditional transport and physical archives. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Common_Source_Interaction.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Conditional preparation of Shadow detector statistics Deterministic extraction, exact clock heralding and returning-memory limits. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Apparatus_Equilibrium_Preparation.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Source-law selection across Shadow measurement architectures. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Source_Law_Reconciliation.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Dynamic carrier neutrality for canonical source events Complete-history bounds and a reciprocal readout obstruction Shadow Theory: Event-Law Bridge, Round 001. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Event_Law_Bridge_Round_001.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. One-packet records and a coherent-ledger repair Access–reaction compatibility for the original Hamiltonian current. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Event_Law_Bridge_Round_002.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Reaction ownership and physical record access A native-reporter obstruction and a coherent contact derived from source chemistry. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Two distinct Round 003 sources are retained; this is the original reaction-reporter manuscript. Source file: Shadow_Event_Law_Bridge_Round_003.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. A common material interface for source reactions and records Isoenergetic contact selection, a stirred-volume Bell limit, and the finite acquisition experiment. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. This is the separate Physical Port manuscript. Source file: Shadow_Event_Law_Bridge_Round_003_Physical_Port.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. An accounted continuous work port and an autonomous copied-return obstruction Canonical recoil, actual finite records, and the surviving event-law boundary. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Event_Law_Bridge_Round_004_Accounted_Work.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Event Bridge 005: Material Interaction. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Event_Law_Bridge_Round_005_Material_Interaction.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Record contacts from source-charge conversion Finite reaction closure, physical acquisition, and the surviving admission boundary Shadow Theory — Event-Law Bridge, Round 006. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Event_Law_Bridge_Round_006_Contact_Closure.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Common exchange response and a retained null-record obstruction Shadow Theory — Event-Law Bridge, Round 007. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Event_Law_Bridge_Round_007_Response_Selection.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Event Bridge 008: Common Interaction. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Event_Law_Bridge_Round_008_Common_Interaction.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Strengthening the Shadow Event-Law Proposal: Predictive Completion, Statistical Current Realization, and a Variational Selection of Bell Histories. Internal research manuscript, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_Event_Law_Foundational_Completion.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Checkpoint 01: finite response and delayed acquisition. Corrected cumulative research checkpoint, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_QM_Born_Event_Record_Physics_Checkpoint_2026-09-14.md.

Shadow Theory research programme. Checkpoint 02: coherent records and faithful copying. Corrected cumulative research checkpoint, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_QM_Born_Event_Record_Physics_Checkpoint_02_2026-09-14.md.

Shadow Theory research programme. Checkpoint 03: protection, coarse currents and MPBT. Corrected cumulative research checkpoint, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Shadow_QM_Born_Event_Record_Physics_Checkpoint_03_2026-09-15.md.

Shadow Theory research programme. Source–Readout Non-Equivalence: Descent and Equivariant Reconstruction Obstructions. Foundational Shadow Theory paper, supplied corpus edition. Source file: shadow_theory_paper_01.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Target-Relative Necessity of Completion: When Readout Loss Obstructs, and What a Sufficient Extension Must Retain. Foundational Shadow Theory paper, supplied corpus edition. Source file: paper02_final_v4.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Canonical Minimal Source Completion: The Coarsest Readout Extension on which a Nominated Family of Source Relations Becomes Well Defined. Foundational Shadow Theory paper, supplied corpus edition. Source file: shadow_theory_paper_03.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Geometric realization and source field equations. Foundational Shadow Theory paper, supplied corpus edition. Source file: shadow_theory_paper_04.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Observable Quotients and Exact Projected Dynamics: Closure, Memory, Minimal Dynamical Completion, and Effective Field Operators. Foundational Shadow Theory paper, supplied corpus edition. Source file: SHADOW_THEORY_PAPER_05.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Non-Source Projection and Internal Identifiability. Foundational Shadow Theory paper, supplied corpus edition. Source file: paper06.tex.

Shadow Theory research programme. Bulk-to-Brane Projection, Dynamical Nonclosure, and Observable Residues in Randall–Sundrum Gravity. Foundational Shadow Theory paper, supplied corpus edition. Source file: Paper 7 rs2_projection.tex.

D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka and N. Zanghì. Bell-Type Quantum Field Theories. Journal of Physics A 38, R1–R43 (2005). https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0407116.

L. Bouten, R. van Handel and M. R. James. An Introduction to Quantum Filtering. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 46, 2199–2241 (2007). https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601741.

L. Bertini, A. Faggionato and D. Gabrielli. Flows, Currents, and Cycles for Markov Chains: Large Deviation Asymptotics. https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.5477.

M. Marvian and D. A. Lidar. Error Suppression for Hamiltonian-Based Quantum Computation Using Subsystem Codes. https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.03795.

A. Valentini and H. Westman. Dynamical Origin of Quantum Probabilities. https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0403034.

M. Christandl, N. Datta, A. Ekert and A. J. Landahl, “Perfect state transfer in quantum spin networks,” Physical Review Letters 92, 187902 (2004). arXiv:quant-ph/0309131; doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.187902. The specific engineered spin-chain identification is equations (13)–(15).

R. P. Feynman, “Quantum mechanical computers,” Foundations of Physics 16, 507–531 (1986). doi:10.1007/BF01886518. Earlier version in Optics News, February 1985; primary-paper scan.

Independent audit of the pilot-medium and massive-configuration completions, supplied AI-generated working audit, 15 September 2026. Source: Shadow_Event_Law_Independent_Audit.md. Section 6.6 is provenance for the conservative fixed-circuit cutoff bookkeeping. This is supporting working material, not external validation; the present text supplies the proof and its scope restrictions.

D. Bohm, A suggested interpretation of the quantum theory in terms of “hidden” variables. I, Physical Review 85, 166–179 (1952). doi:10.1103/PhysRev.85.166.

D. Bohm, A suggested interpretation of the quantum theory in terms of “hidden” variables. II, Physical Review 85, 180–193 (1952). doi:10.1103/PhysRev.85.180.

D. Dürr, S. Goldstein and N. Zanghì, Quantum equilibrium and the origin of absolute uncertainty, Journal of Statistical Physics 67, 843–907 (1992). arXiv:quant-ph/0308039. In particular, the complete initial equilibrium measure and conditional-probability analysis; no claim of global relaxation is imported.

D. Dürr, S. Goldstein and N. Zanghì, Quantum equilibrium and the role of operators as observables in quantum theory, Journal of Statistical Physics 116, 959–1055 (2004). doi:10.1023/B:JOSS.0000037234.80916.d0; arXiv:quant-ph/0308038.

S. Teufel and R. Tumulka, Simple proof for global existence of Bohmian trajectories, Communications in Mathematical Physics 258, 349–365 (2005). doi:10.1007/s00220-005-1302-0; arXiv:math-ph/0406030. The current-integrability assumptions and the spinor theorem are checked in Chapter 28.

E. Deotto and G. C. Ghirardi, Bohmian mechanics revisited, Foundations of Physics 28, 1–30 (1998). doi:10.1023/A:1018752202576; arXiv:quant-ph/9704021.

S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka and N. Zanghì, Arrival times versus detection times, Foundations of Physics 54, 63 (2024). doi:10.1007/s10701-024-00798-y; arXiv:2405.04607.