This paper develops CONDOR (Confinement from Non-Hermitian Dynamics in Open Resonance systems), a framework in which observable confined structures emerge as metastable features of open-system dynamics governed by an effective non-Hermitian generator, rather than being postulated as static ground states. The analysis establishes: (1) an effective non-Hermitian generator derived via Feshbach projection, (2) an entropy-admissibility filter for persistent confinement, (3) a scalar projection theorem reducing observables to a single effective degree of freedom, (4) the Drip Equation for channel-resolved threshold-gated emission, (5) a pathwise reliability composition rule for derivation chains, (6) an empirical radius law with a quantitative anchor, and (7) four testable predictions with associated measurement protocols and failure conditions. All claims are restricted to a controlled regime defined by explicit mathematical hypotheses.
Mohamed Sabry Mohamed Ibrahim (Sat,) studied this question.