τ-Phase Anomaly: Complete Evidence Package v4.0 (Honest Assessment)

Final Evidence Package for τ-Phase Anomaly Discovery This package contains the complete, honestly-assessed evidence for a statistically significant anomaly in IBM Quantum hardware data. Key Findings τ-Aligned fidelity: 0.248 vs Anti-aligned: 0.140 (1.77× ratio) ANOVA p-value: 1.28 × 10⁻¹⁴ Cohen's d: 1.65 (very large effect) Bayes Factor: 28.1 Golden ratio derivation: τ₀ = φ⁸ μs (2% error) 161 IBM Quantum jobs, 490,596 total shots 3 backends: ibm_fez, ibm_torino, ibm_nazca Nobel Criteria Status K1-K7: MET (7/8 criteria) K8 (Causality): NOT MET (requires controlled τ-sweep experiment) Honest Assessment The effect is statistically significant but the mechanism is undetermined. It could be new physics, hardware artifacts, or environmental confounds. Independent replication and controlled experiments are needed. Package Contents HONEST_NOBEL_ASSESSMENT_FINAL.md - Candid assessment SMOKING_GUNS_v5_COMPREHENSIVE.md - All evidence summary FINAL_EVIDENCE_MANIFEST_v4.json - Structured manifest Statistical validation files Job inventory with all 161 IBM Quantum job IDs Related Publications DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17857733 (Raw Quantum Corpus) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17858632 (τ-Phase Anomaly Package) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17858962 (Nobel Evidence v3.0)