Independent Research
The speculative engine behind the fiction — papers on quantum foundations, arithmetic spectroscopy, materials, and emerging technology.
Alongside his fiction, Earl Decker publishes independent research on Academia.edu — thirteen papers spanning quantum measurement, the foundations of physics, and applied technology. Research interests include thin-film technology for electrical and electronic applications, advanced ceramics, and elastomers, as well as quantum foundations and computation.
Quantum arithmetic spectroscopy
A pre-registered validation battery for claims of number-theoretic structure in physical spectra — applied to ATLAS heavy-ion flow harmonics, where it attributes the apparent signal to analysis artifacts.
The foundational paper: near-degeneracies, prime-power resonances, and a route to Riemann-zero detection.
Circuit design and spacing statistics for the QAS program on NISQ hardware.
From hardware measurement to the arithmetic harmonics of the Mertens weight function.
Foundations of physics
Spacetime as the long-wavelength limit of a bosonic condensate — an emergent-gravity program grounded in condensed-matter methods, with falsifiable predictions.
A speculative mechanistic framework modeling quantum waves as double-helical filaments, developed with TRIZ inventive methods, with predicted chiral asymmetries in black-hole shadow polarization.
Synthesizing the Many-Worlds interpretation with bidirectional fractal time and an extended Quantum Darwinism.
A fractal framework where time and entropy cycle bidirectionally — with proposed experimental validation and applications in quantum processing.
Quantum & AI consciousness
Integrating Orch-OR and Integrated Information Theory through a quantum-field model for hierarchical entanglement, with ethical guardrails.
An expanded framework for AI consciousness integrating quantum mechanics and vibrational theory — selective information processing, intuition, and creativity.