Topological Trit Memory: Data Storage in a Chiral Field Lattice, and the √λ Depinning Law

The Field-Wavefield Approach asserts that reality is a continuous field and that “objects” are stable regimes of distinguishability, not primitive substances — an ontological stance, not a computation. We make it executable. On a 2D lattice of pure direction at constant magnitude, we store a balanced-ternary word as vortex winding numbers, evolve the field under a minimal local relaxation operator (Lu) with a chiral tie-break (Ox), attack it with per-cell noise, and read the word back by counting plaquette windings — an integer topological invariant that cannot drift continuously. Eight seeded, reproducible experiments measure: a diffusive-balance √λ survival law (falsifying a naive force-balance prediction); a short-range annihilation penalty between opposite-sign cores; falsification of a proposed global |Q|² charge-confinement term; identification of local core density (not net charge or collinearity) as the true driver of same-sign weakness; and, finally, a quantitative depinning theory — the angular wandering ⟨Δθ²⟩ is measured directly, collapses onto κ·ξ²/λ across couplings (R²=0.984), and depinning occurs at a universal critical wandering θc≈0.24π, turning the survival threshold into a derived law rather than a fit. Finite-size scaling separates the bulk threshold from boundary effects. Every claim is computed and reproducible in-browser (MaiiaM Alchemist visualizer, Chiral Lattice tab) or via seeded, deterministic Node scripts — nothing here is asserted.