# Terrain Manifest - ICHEP 2026 Validation

## Provenance Constraint
All sources are arXiv submissions or conference results from after 2026-07-11.
Papers T15 and T16 fall on or near the constraint boundary - retained as supplementary.

## Source Count by Pathway
- P1 (Higgs): 5 sources (T1-T5)
- P2 (Top): 1 adjacent source (T6); no new direct measurement
- P3 (Generations): 5 sources (T7-T11)
- P4 (Neutrino): 5 sources (T12-T16); 3 high-resolution
- P5 (Dark matter): 3 sources (T17-T19)
- P6 (Confinement): 2 sources (T20-T21)

## High-Resolution Items (extracted specific numbers)
- T2 arXiv:2607.23352: Gamma_H = 5.1 (+2.0/-1.8) MeV; first off-shell kappa_lambda
- T3 arXiv:2607.26879: mu_HH = 2.6+/-1.4; kappa_lambda in [-3.4, 1.6] at 95% CL
- T12 arXiv:2606.30903 v2: Smv = 100 (+40/-50) meV, 68% CL; 1-sigma [50,140] meV
- T20 arXiv:2607.21952: strong evidence for confining force; consistent with linear potential

## Category-Correct Boundaries Applied
- P2: No new direct combined top mass post-July-11; ICHEP benchmark arXiv:2402.08713 used
- P4: Flat-LambdaCDM bound (56 meV) is NOT category-correct for MH (assumes Lambda;
  MH P5 derives GG field as missing-acceleration source). Route (i) dark-energy-
  marginalized bound (152 meV) is category-correct.
- P4 JUNO: Apparent 0.31 meV tension dissolves when JUNO formula applied using
  MH substrate-native Dm^2 (2.795 meV bound; MH 2.61 meV inside).