Scalar-Clock Quantization Near Mass: Predicting Entanglement Horizons in Precision Gravitational Tests

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contents <p>This preprint proposes and derives a minimal extension of general relativity in which proper time is influenced not only by gravitational potential, but also by the temporal curvature of quantum information dynamics. In this scalar-clock framework, sharp changes in entanglement structure contribute an additional term to the time-time component of the metric. We show that this modification produces small but structured deviations from the monotonic gravitational redshift near a static mass, leading to experimentally testable “entanglement horizons”—distance-dependent suppression or oscillations in clock frequency shifts or entanglement visibility.</p> <p>Two precision-metrology experiments are developed using current or near-term capabilities:<br>(1) Dual-ensemble optical lattice clock comparisons under distinct informational histories, and<br>(2) Spatially separated entangled qubits near a controlled mass source.</p> <p>Detection of a differential frequency shift at the $10^{-18}$–$10^{-19}$ level, or coherent suppression of Bell-state visibility, would provide direct empirical evidence that the flow of time depends in part on the structure of quantum information. A null result would set the first quantitative bounds on informational temporal curvature. These experiments enable a decisive test of whether time is solely geometric—or partially informational in origin.</p> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div dir="auto"> <div> <div> <p>This version adds a brief literature connection to recent “q–desics” work in quantum gravity, highlighting that expectation-value/connection-level structure can encode state-dependent deviations beyond metric-only semiclassical GR. It clarifies the motivation for our central prediction: identical gravitational potentials can accrue measurably different proper time depending on entanglement-creation history (via an informational temporal-curvature term) in precision optical-clock tests.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div>
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spellingShingle Scalar-Clock Quantization Near Mass: Predicting Entanglement Horizons in Precision Gravitational Tests
CATRAMBONE, EUGENE
optical clocks gravitational redshift quantum information entanglement precision metrology scalar time entanglement horizon temporal curvature quantum gravity
<p>This preprint proposes and derives a minimal extension of general relativity in which proper time is influenced not only by gravitational potential, but also by the temporal curvature of quantum information dynamics. In this scalar-clock framework, sharp changes in entanglement structure contribute an additional term to the time-time component of the metric. We show that this modification produces small but structured deviations from the monotonic gravitational redshift near a static mass, leading to experimentally testable “entanglement horizons”—distance-dependent suppression or oscillations in clock frequency shifts or entanglement visibility.</p> <p>Two precision-metrology experiments are developed using current or near-term capabilities:<br>(1) Dual-ensemble optical lattice clock comparisons under distinct informational histories, and<br>(2) Spatially separated entangled qubits near a controlled mass source.</p> <p>Detection of a differential frequency shift at the $10^{-18}$–$10^{-19}$ level, or coherent suppression of Bell-state visibility, would provide direct empirical evidence that the flow of time depends in part on the structure of quantum information. A null result would set the first quantitative bounds on informational temporal curvature. These experiments enable a decisive test of whether time is solely geometric—or partially informational in origin.</p> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div dir="auto"> <div> <div> <p>This version adds a brief literature connection to recent “q–desics” work in quantum gravity, highlighting that expectation-value/connection-level structure can encode state-dependent deviations beyond metric-only semiclassical GR. It clarifies the motivation for our central prediction: identical gravitational potentials can accrue measurably different proper time depending on entanglement-creation history (via an informational temporal-curvature term) in precision optical-clock tests.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div>
title Scalar-Clock Quantization Near Mass: Predicting Entanglement Horizons in Precision Gravitational Tests
topic optical clocks gravitational redshift quantum information entanglement precision metrology scalar time entanglement horizon temporal curvature quantum gravity
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18002592