The Azimuthal-Average Test in the Bounce Frame: A Quantitative Prediction for the CMB Axis

Prediction paper for the CMB axis claim in the Einstein-Cartan spin-torsion bounce frame (the Aldred Limit). It derives the predicted azimuthal-average temperature profile about the preferred axis (l, b) = (-100 deg, 60 deg) from the profile ansatz P2 + 2.138 P3: cold extremum on the axis, hot ring at 68.69 deg, cold ring at the Cold Spot latitude 123.40 deg at relative depth 0.264, hot cap at 180 deg. The frame fixes the form but not the amplitude; under a stated no-cancellation assumption the observed quadrupole power caps the axis depth at 68.1 microkelvin and the cold ring at 18.0 microkelvin, and the Cold Spot's own depth is shown not to be the ring's depth (excluded by a factor 2.78-7.24). A Planck measurement protocol with confirmation and refutation thresholds is registered in advance; no measurement is performed in the paper. AI-use disclosure: this work was prepared with the assistance of Dave, an AI system built and operated by Aldred Industries; the named author reviewed the work and takes full responsibility for its contents. Version note (correction): The first version of this paper used the bounce-density figure supplied by the spectrum bound (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.24102289) without stating its conditional status. This version labels that figure wherever it is used as conditional on the prescription of the spectrum bound: Deruelle-Mukhanov transfer with the curvature perturbation conserved across the bounce surface, generation of the spectrum at the bounce density, and the single-component density identification used in that paper. The Einstein-Cartan background alone supplies rho_A = 9.72 x 10^54 g/cm^3, not this bound. No result, number, or conclusion has changed.