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Everything journalists, publishers, educators, editors, podcasters, conference organisers, and content creators need to cover the Phase Differential Theory research programme accurately. Media resources may be used with appropriate attribution. If you require material not yet published, please get in touch.
Key facts
At a glance.
- Name
- Phase Differential Theory (PDT)
- Type
- Independent scientific research programme
- Status
- Active independent scientific research programme.
Published mathematical research, experimental proposals, software development, simulations, and a forthcoming book. - Primitive
- Δϕ, the phase differential
- Research
- PTG and QM paper series, ongoing mathematical development, software, simulations, laboratory programme, and the forthcoming Phase Differential Theory book.
- Authors
- Graham Fincham, Dan Hilton
- Base
- United Kingdom
- Stance
- Open. Falsifiable. Continually developing.
Standing description
Short and long form. Cleared for use without modification.
Short form
Phase Differential Theory (PDT) is an independent scientific research programme investigating whether reality is organised by phase relationships rather than particles or probabilities. From a single relational primitive, Δϕ, the programme develops mathematics, published research papers, experimental proposals, software, simulations, educational resources, and a forthcoming book.
Long form
Phase Differential Theory is an active, independent research programme spanning theoretical physics, mathematics, software, simulations, experimental proposals, and a forthcoming book. It treats the differential of phase between coupled relations as the primitive of physics and investigates whether quantum behaviour, geometry, matter, gravity, cosmology, and information can be recovered from that single object. The programme is developed openly, with explicit experimental predictions and a public falsifiability framework. It is offered for scrutiny and independent investigation rather than for belief, and it remains subject to ongoing mathematical development and experimental validation.
Authors
The people behind the programme.
Two principal authors lead the research programme, with ongoing collaboration across reviewers and contributors.
Graham Fincham
Lead author of the Phase Differential Theory research programme and principal architect of the framework. Responsible for the theoretical foundations, mathematical development, published research papers, and the forthcoming book.
Dan Hilton
Co-author and collaborator across the wider PDT research programme. Works across experimental development, software, simulations, engineering applications, visualisation, and the practical development of the programme.
Collaboration
The programme also benefits from ongoing discussion with reviewers, collaborators, and independent contributors.
The story
Why PDT exists.
Modern physics works within its tested domains. It also leaves long-standing questions about the nature of measurement, the relationship between quantum behaviour and geometry, the origin of mass and physical constants, and the structure of spacetime at cosmological scales.
Phase Differential Theory investigates whether a single relational primitive, the phase differential, may underlie geometry, quantum behaviour, matter, gravity, cosmology, and information. The research programme develops the mathematics openly, proposes explicit experimental tests, and builds software, simulations, educational resources, and a forthcoming book around the same framework.
The work is offered for independent investigation. A research programme that publishes its predictions, its limits, and the conditions that would refute it is one a journalist can report on with confidence.
Common questions
For journalists, briefly.
Fuller answers live in the FAQ. These are the questions most often asked by writers on first contact.
- Is this a theory of everything?
- No. PDT is a framework with explicit scope. It is a candidate for the primitive layer of physics. It does not claim to settle every open question.
- Is PDT peer reviewed?
- The papers are published openly with DOIs through Zenodo. They are written to academic standard and invite formal review. The programme does not gate publication on institutional review.
- Has PDT been experimentally confirmed?
- No. The programme publishes explicit experimental predictions and invites independent investigation. None of these predictions has yet been tested at full sensitivity.
- Is PDT intended to replace existing physics?
- No. Established physics works within its tested domains. PDT investigates whether a deeper relational layer may underlie it and whether established results can be recovered from that layer.
- Who is the work for?
- Physicists, mathematicians, software and simulation researchers, experimentalists, educators, students, publishers, and anyone interested in the foundations of physics.
- Why is the research published openly?
- So that the framework can be examined, challenged, reproduced, improved, or rejected. Scientific progress depends upon transparency and independent verification rather than authority.
- What is currently being researched?
- Mathematical foundations, quantum mechanics, matter formation, gravity and geometry, cosmology, physical constants, mathematical physics, experimental proposals, software and simulations, applied research in quantum computing, artificial intelligence and data compression, and the forthcoming book.
- How should I credit the work?
- Phase Differential Theory (PDT), by Graham Fincham and Dan Hilton. Citation formats live on the citations page.
Reporting responsibly
Guidance for accurate coverage.
These notes help coverage represent the programme accurately and avoid common overreaches.
- 01Describe PDT as an active scientific research programme.
- 02Distinguish clearly between published mathematics, ongoing research, and future applications.
- 03Avoid presenting speculative research directions as established conclusions.
- 04When discussing specific claims, reference the relevant research paper wherever possible.
Logo
The mark.
The PDT mark is vector. Use at any size against a light surface.
Key diagrams
Core concepts in a single picture.
The diagrams illustrate core concepts within the framework and may be reproduced with attribution. Higher-resolution versions and additional figures are available upon request.
Phase differential
The primitive. Two coupled relations, out of step by Δϕ. The programme investigates whether everything else can be built from gradients and resolutions of this single quantity.
Emergence chain
How the macroscopic world is recovered: from phase, to coherence, to geometry, to matter and interactions, to time.
Phase snap
The programme's account of measurement as a resolution event with a finite mechanism, rather than an axiom imposed on the formalism.
Quotes
On the record.
Pre-cleared quotes from the authors. Use verbatim with attribution to Phase Differential Theory.
- "We are not asking anyone to believe the framework. We are asking them to read it carefully, then try to break it."
- "Phase is the primitive. Probability is what you see when you stop tracking it."
- "A theory of physics that cannot be tested is not a theory of physics. We publish how to test ours."
- "Scientific progress depends on openness, reproducibility, and independent verification rather than authority."
- "Falsifiability is not a slogan. It is the working condition of the programme."
- "Independent research lets ideas develop on a long timescale, without the pressure to claim results before they exist."
- "Curiosity is the part that does not expire. The framework is built to keep asking questions long after the first ones are answered."
- "If a prediction comes back null at full sensitivity, the programme adjusts or ends. That is the point of writing them down in public."
- "Experiments are where the framework meets reality. Everything else is preparation."
Downloads
Assets, by readiness.
Downloadable assets are released as they are signed off by the authors.
Available now
- Inline vector diagrams on this page
- Vector PDT logo on this page
- Standing short and long press text above
- Pre-cleared author quotes above
In development
- Media information sheet
- Research programme overview
- Laboratory overview
- Book overview
- High-resolution figures
- Author photographs
- Presentation slides
- Conference biography
- Press-ready logos
Interview requests
Talk to the authors.
Graham Fincham is available for interviews relating to the theoretical framework, the book, and the wider research programme.
Dan Hilton is available for interviews relating to software, simulations, engineering applications, experimental development, and applied research.
Interview requests from journalists, documentary producers, podcasters, conference organisers, universities, and educational organisations are welcomed.
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