The Mott problem asks why a spherically symmetric quantum emission produces localized, linear ionization tracks rather than diffuse excitation. This paper presents an effective, interaction-level dynamical account of directional track formation based on local amplification, environmental response, and irreversible medium disturbance. The mechanism operates entirely within standard detector physics and does not invoke wavefunction collapse, observer dependence, or global selection principles. The analysis demonstrates how cumulative local interactions can dynamically consolidate a single persistent track, while explicitly showing that even a complete dynamical account does not explain the necessity of a unique outcome. That limitation is identified as a substantive result rather than a deficiency. The work is deliberately agnostic with respect to deeper ontological or constraint-based interpretations. Constraint-level closure of the Mott problem has been treated separately by the author in companion works.
John Francis Osborne (Sat,) studied this question.