↺ ↻ Nucleus (~1 fm) Quark orbital systems n=1 boundary layers Counter-rotating at 0.776c n=2 boundary layers Each pair: yin + yang flow Coherence dress Envelope at scale ≈ 100 μm ∼ 100 μm coherence envelope (ξ) Boundary destabilizes n=2 → n=1 transition begins Energy released: E = hν Set by atomic level spacing Outer dress distorts Layers no longer concentric Pinch point forms Counter-rotating layers crash Teal layer folds inward One half of the dipole Purple layer folds inward Opposite half of the dipole Dress contracts toward n=1 Boundary reorganizes Teal vortex (↺) From counter-rotating layer Purple vortex (↻) From co-rotating layer Mutual advection Each pulls the other forward Atom now in n=1 Dress contracts to lower state lattice sheets at ∼ ξ c Photon = modon E = hν, set by transition Self-propels at c c = ℏ / (m₁ · ξ) Elastic wake Zero net energy transfer Atom relaxed to n=1 Lower energy state
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