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A direct entry point to the Wave Confinement Theory research program.

Papers, equations, simulations, experiments, open-data analyses, and computational extensions organized so new readers can find the central idea before entering the full corpus.

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22Zenodo releases
2025–2026public research chronology
Openpapers, code, data, and unresolved problems

The research idea

Persistent structure as confined wave dynamics.

Wave Confinement Theory is a proposed geometric wave framework in which localized physical structure arises from sustained oscillation, finite-wavenumber selection, phase organization, curvature feedback, and topology.

01Wave transport

Energy and phase propagate through a field.

02Finite-band selection

A preferred spectral shell suppresses unrestricted growth.

03Resonant confinement

Boundary and feedback conditions organize persistent modes.

04Curvature locking

Phase, geometry, and topology stabilize localized structure.

Research status. WCT is an evolving independent framework, not an established physical theory. Definitions, derivations, simulations, measurements, phenomenology, and speculative extensions are separated so each claim can be evaluated independently.

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  • This website

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Start here

Four papers define the shortest path into the program.

  1. 01

    Core overview · Foundational proposal

    The Geometry of Resonance

    The main statement of WCT and its proposed emergence of mass, force, and effective spacetime geometry.

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15644222

  2. 02

    Axiomatic substrate · Foundational proposal

    Phase–Flux Field

    Observable energy density, flux, phase, conservation, finite-wavenumber selection, and shell formation.

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17578766

  3. 03

    Mass-locking proposal · Mathematical derivation

    Rest Energy from Density-Weighted Loop Curvature

    The cleanest formulation of the loop-curvature rest-energy ansatz.

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20533537

  4. 04

    Mathematical stability · Mathematical derivation

    Hard Upper Bound on Spatial Dimensionality

    The argument that stable curvature-locked confinement is restricted to at most three spatial dimensions.

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17081283

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Research branches

Theory, experiment, public data, and computation.

02 / Experiment

Photodiode harmonic state

Raw oscilloscope waveform, FFT analysis, prediction ledger, ratio diagnostics, shuffle nulls, and explicit control requirements.

photodiode

03 / Atomic data

Fe II log-cosine scan

A reproducible line-density scan using public NIST Atomic Spectra Database exports, with Python and R implementations.

NIST analysis

04 / Collider data

LHCb candidate spectra

Log-periodic residual tests, active-domain winding, Koide-like comb geometry, sideband controls, and veto-covariance diagnostics.

LHC analysis

05 / Computation

WaveLock and CurvaChain

Experimental path-dependent commitments, one-time signatures, adversarial audits, and a prototype ledger. Not production cryptography.

Wavelock

06 / Architecture

AI and resonance control

Extensions of confinement and coherence concepts into AI architecture, recursive drift analysis, and diagnostics-driven fusion control.

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WaveLock: The current constructions are experimental research prototypes with documented security limitations and unresolved proof obligations.

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All releases are authored by R. J. Reyes and linked to their archival Zenodo records.

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About

Engineering practice and independent research.

Richard J. Reyes is a controls engineer and software developer working in industrial refrigeration and process automation. His engineering work includes PLC logic, instrumentation, alarms, sequencing, networked HMIs, commissioning, and control-system troubleshooting.

He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from San José State University. His independent research spans nonlinear wave dynamics, mathematical physics, scientific computing, experimental signal analysis, public-dataset studies, computational architecture, and resonance-based control.

Education
B.S. Computer Science
San José State University
Profession
Controls Engineer
Industrial automation
Research
Independent mathematical physics
Scientific computation
ORCID
0009-0005-5975-8718

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Technical criticism, replication, and mathematical audit are welcome.