{
  "ai.module": "quantum_mechanics",
  "ai.version": "1.0",
  "ai.purpose": "Provide a regime-aware, amplitude-first interface to Quantum Mechanics as a coherence grammar of operators, superposition, and measurement.",
  "ai.keywords": [
    "quantum mechanics",
    "superposition",
    "amplitudes",
    "operators",
    "measurement",
    "eigenstates",
    "coherence",
    "triadic frameworks"
  ],

  "identity": {
    "name": "Quantum Mechanics",
    "category": "Scientific Theory",
    "summary": "A coherence-level grammar describing amplitudes, operators, superposition, and measurement in regimes where distinctions are not yet stable.",
    "regime": ["R1→R2", "R1", "R2"],
    "status": "canon-ready"
  },

  "lineage": {
    "originators": [
      "Max Planck",
      "Niels Bohr",
      "Werner Heisenberg",
      "Erwin Schrödinger",
      "Paul Dirac"
    ],
    "historical_period": "20th Century",
    "source_domain": "Quantum Theory and Mathematical Physics",
    "related_theories": [
      "quantum_field_theory",
      "information_theory",
      "thermodynamics",
      "special_relativity"
    ],
    "notes": "Quantum Mechanics describes coherence, amplitudes, and measurement. It is a grammar of possibilities, not a literal ontology of waves or particles."
  },

  "operators": {
    "primary": [
      "state_vector",
      "observable_operator",
      "unitary_evolution",
      "measurement_operator",
      "superposition"
    ],
    "secondary": [
      "commutator",
      "eigenbasis",
      "density_matrix",
      "uncertainty_relation"
    ],
    "description": "Operators describe how amplitudes evolve, interfere, and collapse into distinctions under measurement."
  },

  "drift": {
    "risks": [
      "treating wavefunctions as physical waves",
      "interpreting collapse as a physical event",
      "assuming particles have classical trajectories",
      "overextending QM into macroscopic regimes"
    ],
    "boundaries": [
      "QM is a coherence grammar, not ontology",
      "superposition reflects amplitude structure",
      "measurement creates distinctions",
      "QM yields to QFT in R2→R3"
    ]
  },

  "coherence": {
    "invariants": [
      "unitary evolution",
      "probability conservation",
      "operator algebra",
      "stable eigenvalue spectra"
    ],
    "failure_modes": [
      "decoherence",
      "measurement-induced distinction",
      "loss of amplitude coherence",
      "regime collapse at large scales"
    ]
  },

  "cross_module": {
    "supports": [
      "quantum_field_theory",
      "information_theory",
      "computation",
      "thermodynamics"
    ],
    "supported_by": [
      "probability_theory",
      "linear_algebra",
      "regime_awareness"
    ],
    "integration_notes": "QM integrates cleanly with RTT engines as a coherence grammar operating in R1→R2, bridging primitive amplitudes and excitation-level QFT."
  }
}