Paper 40: Thermalization and Decoherence via Boson Orbital Alignment: A Coherence-Based Interpretation of Measurement and Collapse

This paper presents a coherence-based mechanism [1] for thermalization and quantum decoherence, grounded in the Holosphere lattice model of spacetime. Within this discrete framework, particles such as electrons are composed of coherent orbital triplets—bosonic excitations formed by six Holosphere units surrounding a vacancy defect. Thermalization arises from angular misalignment among these orbitals, where interactions with environmental bosons induce phase decoherence and orbital drift. Decoherence is interpreted as the loss of long-range angular phase coherence between orbital systems, leading to classical statistical behavior. We propose that thermal energy corresponds to a distribution of incoherent orbital modes, and temperature is proportional to the average orbital misalignment across a lattice region. Entanglement collapse and measurement are described as realignment events where local boson interactions enforce coherence with a specific lattice sector. This approach yields a geometric and mechanistic reinterpretation of thermal and quantum phenomena without invoking continuous wavefunctions or external decohering fields. Experimental implications for quantum computing, thermal isolation, and time asymmetry are discussed, with predictions that distinguish this model from standard interpretations of decoherence and statistical mechanics.