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Universal Critical Mass for Quantum Collapse ( Mc ): A Cosmological Limit to Unitarity
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Abstract: We propose the existence of a fundamental mass scale,
Mc≈5.3×10−16,
where quantum unitarity is spontaneously violated due to interaction with the cosmological acceleration horizon. Derived from a geometric constraint on the 8-dimensional phase space,
Mc=mP(a0/aP)1/8
this hypothesis predicts that spatial superpositions of masses M>Mc decay into statistical mixtures within a finite intrinsic time.
This provides a clear, falsifiable target for next-generation levitated optomechanics experiments.
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