Exchange-Memory Correlation Theory: A Correlation-Length Framework for Emergent Particle States

This work presents the Exchange-Memory Correlation Theory (EMCT), a speculative framework in which elementary particles are interpreted as emergent correlation states rather than fundamental point-like objects.
The theory postulates a single class of fundamental energy pockets characterized by four microscopic variables: energy, phase, direction, and memory state. Stable particles emerge through correlation formation, energy exchange, memory reinforcement, and winding structures.
Within this framework:
Neutrinos are interpreted as weak stretched correlation states.
Electrons are interpreted as stable intermediate correlation states.
Quarks are interpreted as tightly correlated states.
Photons and gravitons are interpreted as propagating correlation modes.
A phenomenological mass-hierarchy relation,
m(d)=M_* exp(-d/ξ),
is proposed, where d is an effective correlation length and ξ is a characteristic correlation scale. Using the proton Compton scale as a reference length, the observed ordering of Standard Model particle masses can be organized into a unified correlation-length hierarchy extending from neutrinos to the Higgs sector.
The framework introduces a memory-update mechanism in which interaction histories influence future correlations, leading to the concept of memory-locked particle states.
The present work does not claim a first-principles derivation of Standard Model masses, gauge symmetries, or precision observables. Instead, it proposes a unified conceptual framework intended as a foundation for future quantitative development