{
  "id": "QCD-01",
  "uri": "https://cosmological-constant.org/claims/#QCD-01",
  "record_type": "Scientific claim",
  "status": "Standard input",
  "dependencies": [],
  "downstream_claims": [
    "QCD-02"
  ],
  "technical_statement": "QCD dimensional transmutation generates a nonperturbative infrared scale; using the current proton and unreduced Planck masses gives m_p/M_P = 7.685e-20.",
  "public_statement": "QCD dimensional transmutation produces the infrared scale hierarchy; the measured proton-to-Planck ratio is m_p/M_P = 7.685e-20.",
  "qualifier": "",
  "source_in_paper": "CC Paper I v1.0, Sec. 8, Eqs. (19)-(21)",
  "external_foundations": "GrossWilczek1973; Politzer1973; PDG2026; Ji1995; Yang2018; Wang2024; Tanaka2025; Bollweg2026",
  "limits_open_issues": "The proton pole is a scale representative, not a claim that the vacuum contains protons or that one mass-decomposition term is the endpoint.",
  "relations": "",
  "version_history": "v1.2; v1.3 (2026-08-01): source citation updated to the paired-cap revision.; v1.4c (2026-08-04): IR-01 dependency removed: dimensional transmutation and the measured mass ratio are standard independently of the IR-necessity argument.; v1.6 (2026-08-08): public wording carries no selection work; endpoint selection lives entirely in QCD-02",
  "register_version": "v1.6"
}