Operator-Level Proton-Decay Exposure of the QDL–SO10–1 Benchmark: Dimension-Six Operators, Wilson Coefficients, Hadronic Inputs, and Channel-Level Lifetimes

The QDL–SO10–1 grand-unification sequence defines a closure-first SO(10)-compatible benchmark within the Quantized Dimensional Ledger (QDL) program. Papers #1–#3 established the initial benchmark trilogy: a fixed SO(10)-compatible benchmark, its low-energy phenomenology, and a stress-test / robustness audit. Paper #5 began the executable hardening sequence by revising the gauge-closure target to inverse alpha_U = 44.501718, corresponding to alpha_U = 0.022471, and by rescaling the benchmark proton-decay exposure. Paper #6 supplied a reduced block-level scalar-threshold derivation of the calibrated high-scale offsets, advancing the benchmark from calibrated executable gauge closure to block-level scalar-derived…