A Time-Ray and Concentric-Layer Projection Framework for Quantum Entanglement: A New Deterministic Interpretation of Quantum Correlations

Quantum entanglement is usually formulated as a nonseparable state in Hilbert space whose measurement statistics violate Bell-type inequalities. This paper proposes a speculative geometric framework intended not as a replacement for quantum mechanics, but as a candidate interpretive and model-building language for entanglement correlations. The central idea is that an apparently separated pair of three-dimensional measurement events may be regarded as low-dimensional projections of a single higher-dimensional object. In a lower-dimensional analogy, an observer represented by a point in a one-dimensional observational domain probes a two-dimensional circular object by emitting a ray. Entanglement preparation is modeled as the generation of concentric layers inside the higher-dimensional object. A measurement operation selects a layer, while the time of measurement fixes a common ray direction. The observed result is the intersection point between the time-ray and the selected concentric layer. Correlation arises because distinct layer-intersection points share a common ray and belong to a common higher-dimensional object. The framework is then generalized into a mathematical model in which measurement settings correspond to layer coordinates, time fixes a common phase variable, and correlations are determined by a layer-distance function. Because the model treats measurement settings as constrained by a common higher-dimensional/time-phase structure, it explicitly relaxes measurement independence, placing it near the family of superdeterministic or measurement-dependent hidden-variable approaches. The paper derives the minimal structural requirements for such a framework to reproduce the singlet-state correlation E (a, b) =- (a-b) and discusses its relationship to Bell's theorem, contextuality, nonlocality, invariant-set ideas, and deterministic approaches to quantum foundations. The proposal remains a conceptual and mathematical scaffold; its physical value depends on whether it can yield testable deviations, a principled dynamics for the time-ray, and a non-ad-hoc account of layer selection.