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Extending the QMM Framework to the Strong and Weak Interactions
Florian Neukart1,2, Eike Marx2, Valerii Vinokur2
1Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University, Gorlaeus Gebouw-BE-Vleugel, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 Leiden, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
We extend the Quantum Memory Matrix (QMM) framework, originally developed to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity by treating space-time as a dynamic information reservoir, to incorporate the full suite of Standard Model gauge interactions. In this discretized, Planck-scale formulation, each space-time cell possesses a finite-dimensional Hilbert space that acts as a local memory, or quantum imprint, for matter and gauge field configurations. We focus on embedding non-Abelian SU(3)c (quantum chromodynamics) and SU(2)L × U(1)Y (electroweak interactions) into QMM by constructing gauge-invariant imprint operators for quarks, gluons, electroweak bosons, and the Higgs mechanism. This unified approach naturally enforces unitarity by allowing black hole horizons, or any high-curvature region, to store and later retrieve quantum information about color and electroweak charges, thereby preserving subtle non-thermal correlations in evaporation processes. Moreover, the discretized nature of QMM imposes a Planck-scale cutoff, potentially taming UV divergences and modifying running couplings at trans-Planckian energies. We outline major challenges, such as the precise formulation of non-Abelian imprint operators and the integration of QMM with loop quantum gravity, as well as possible observational strategies-ranging from rare decay channels to primordial black hole evaporation spectra-that could provide indirect probes of this discrete, memory-based view of quantum gravity and the Standard Model.
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