A quantum simulation framework that uses IBM's superconducting processors to test how networks of coupled oscillators synchronise. Classical Kuramoto theory in, noisy hardware out, and the gap in between is where the physics lives.
On ibm_kingston, a 342-circuit, four-qubit campaign across eight Trotter depths recorded a +17.48% peak contrast at depth 6. Follow-up popcount controls found substantial same-popcount within-sector variation, so the current evidence does not support attributing the contrast to DLA parity alone.
The promoted statement is therefore conservative: the committed raw counts show a backend-sensitive, parity-sector and excitation-number correlated leakage asymmetry. Result packs, job identifiers, analysis scripts, and dated amendments remain public; mechanism claims follow the hardware-status ledger.
Seven open-access preprints (25 May 2026) document the hardware campaigns, methods, and software behind this project. Each is archived on Zenodo with a citable DOI and carries the claim boundaries stated in its own abstract. These are preprints under the project's evidence discipline — not peer-reviewed journal articles.