Appendix AF — Derivation 32: Anomalous Magnetic Moment from Anchored Spin Feedback

The anomalous magnetic moment of the electron in the Phase-Biased Geometry (PBG) framework arises not from radiative corrections or vacuum fluctuations, but from the internal phase structure of the electron mode and the coherence penalty introduced by partial self-anchoring.

We begin with the idealised case of a spin-anchored mode with perfect phase coherence and no anchoring feedback. Let the internal phase of the electron circulate once per unit time around its azimuthal path. The net phase accrued over one full cycle is

Φ = \int_{0}^{2 π} \vec{κ} \cdot d \vec{s}

For a circularly symmetric coherence mode, this yields a geometric phase of ( 2\pi ), and the resulting magnetic moment is given by the Dirac value:

μ = \frac{e ℏ}{2 m} \Rightarrow g = 2

This value corresponds to a purely coherent, undistorted spin mode, minimally anchored.

However, in PBG, modes are not freely rotating. They must be partially anchored to their own coherence field in order to maintain phase stability. This introduces a feedback tension: the spin phase seeks to rotate uniformly, while the coherence field resists deviations from the anchored bias. This resistance introduces a structural distortion in the spin cycle, producing a slight offset in the resulting geometric phase.

To model this, we introduce an anchoring cost functional penalising both phase gradients and coherence-field deviation:

C [ψ] = \int ρ^{2} (α | \nabla ϕ |^{2} + β B^{2} [ψ]) d^{3} x

Here:

( \rho ) is the local coherence density of the mode
( \phi ) is the internal phase
( B[\psi] ) is the anchoring bias field generated by the mode
( \alpha, \beta ) are constants governing the penalty for phase distortion and bias anchoring, respectively

This cost functional yields a correction to the magnetic moment when minimised over a rotating spin structure. Specifically, the optimal mode exhibits a residual phase tension per cycle, resulting in an anomalous contribution:

a_{e} = \frac{g - 2}{2} = \frac{β γ}{α} ⟨ ρ^{2} ⟩

where ( \gamma ) is a proportionality constant relating modal bias to spin precession rate, and ( \langle \rho^2 \rangle ) represents the effective weighted coherence density of the spin cycle.

Agreement with Observation

The observed anomalous magnetic moment is:

a_{e}^{obs} \approx \frac{α_{EM}}{2 π} \approx 0.00116

In PBG, this is not a perturbative result but a structural consequence of modal self-anchoring. The phase coherence of the electron is preserved, but its internal structure is slightly distorted by its own anchoring field.

No vacuum loop corrections are needed. The anomaly is geometric, not radiative.

Physical Interpretation

The standard ( g = 2 ) value arises from a perfect spin mode
The anomaly arises from coherence asymmetry introduced by anchoring
The magnitude is set by the balance between phase stability and modal feedback tension
This value is not emergent from field quantisation, but from coherence geometry

Further Work

A full predictive match will require:

Explicit derivation of ( \alpha, \beta, \gamma ) from modal overlap and saturation dynamics
Empirical calibration from modal simulations of internal electron structure

Nonetheless, the result:

a_{e} \propto \frac{α}{2 π}

is already recovered structurally, without perturbative expansion.

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