21–26 Jun 2026
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building
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Time-Symmetric Nonlinear Dynamics and the Emergence of Objective Wavefunction Collapse in Strongly Correlated t-U-V-J Manifolds

24 Jun 2026, 11:45
15m
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

100 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N3
Oral (Non-Student) / Orale (non-étudiant(e)) Theoretical Physics / Physique théorique (DTP-DPT) (DTP) W1-11 | (DPT)

Speaker

Prof. Godfrey Ejiroghene Akpojotor (Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria)

Description

In this study, we propose a unified theoretical framework for objective wavefunction collapse by situating non-linear quantum dynamics within a time-symmetric manifold. Utilizing the Highly Simplified Correlated Variational Approach (HSCVA), we map the t-U-V-J Hamiltonian of strongly correlated electronic systems onto a non-linear temporal landscape. We introduce the Extended Dirac Principle of Temporal Superposition, wherein the non-linearity of the potential induces a bifurcation of time-evolution trajectories into discrete "time-branches." To quantify the transition from quantum unitary evolution to classical state reduction, we derive a Unified Collapse Metric (UCM) which synthesizes soliton persistence, fidelity saturation and Aharonov-Bergmann-Lebowitz (ABL) symmetry variance. Our simulation of $YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-\delta}$ (YBCO) demonstrates that objective collapse is an emergent property of the system's own electronic interactions, specifically the U and J terms which act as an intrinsic observation mechanism. By integrating forward- and backward-evolving states through the ABL formalism, we show that the collapse event corresponds to the point where time-symmetry breaks, providing a dynamical origin for the macroscopic arrow of time.

Keyword-1 Nonlinear Time-Symmetric
Keyword-2 t-U-V-J model
Keyword-3 Objective collapse

Author

Prof. Godfrey Ejiroghene Akpojotor (Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria)

Co-authors

Dr Godwin ibeh (Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna) Dr Ikechukwu Okoro (Delta State University, Abraka Nigeria)

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