Table-top test of non-Gaussian spacetime fluctuations: A dual-platform proposal using squeezed light interferometry and Rydberg atomic spectroscopy
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| contents | <p><strong><span lang="EN-US">Abstract</span></strong></p> <p><span lang="EN-US">Quantum gravity has long lacked testable predictions in the low-energy regime. This work proposes a phenomenological framework in which non-Gaussian fluctuations of spacetime or fundamental constants are amplified by the </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> enhancement factor of squeezed light. We design two independent table-top platforms: (i) a double-slit interferometer measuring a residual visibility </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">, and (ii) a Rydberg electromagnetically-induced-transparency (EIT) spectrometer detecting an excess frequency variance </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">. Both platforms share the same core hypothesis: the existence of an effective skewness parameter </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> that characterizes Planck‑scale non‑Gaussian statistics and can be probed via the nonlinear Kerr response of the atomic medium. The predictions are falsifiable: if </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> or the </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> scaling is absent, the hypotheses are ruled out. This constitutes the first model‑independent table‑top test of non‑Gaussian spacetime structure, directly inspired by the cosmic microwave background bispectrum and realizable with current technology.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>摘要</strong></p> <p>量子引力长期缺乏低能区可检验的实验预言。本文提出一个唯象框架,其中时空或基本常数的非高斯涨落被压缩态光的<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>增强因子放大。我们设计两个独立的桌面实验平台:(<span lang="EN-US">i</span>)双缝干涉仪,测量残余可见度<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span>;(<span lang="EN-US">ii</span>)里德堡电磁诱导透明(<span lang="EN-US">EIT</span>)光谱仪,检测反常频率方差<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span>。两个平台共享同一个核心假设:存在一个有效偏度参数<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>刻画普朗克尺度的非高斯统计,该参数可通过原子介质的非线性克尔响应进行探测。本预言是可证伪的:若<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>或缺失<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>标度关系,则假设被排除。这构成了首个不依赖具体紫外理论的、直接检验时空非高斯性的桌面实验方案,其灵感源自宇宙微波背景双谱,且可基于现有技术实现。</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Table-top test of non-Gaussian spacetime fluctuations: A dual-platform proposal using squeezed light interferometry and Rydberg atomic spectroscopy zhengda, li quantum gravity; squeezed light; double‑slit interferometry; Rydberg atoms; non‑Gaussianity; table‑top experiments <p><strong><span lang="EN-US">Abstract</span></strong></p> <p><span lang="EN-US">Quantum gravity has long lacked testable predictions in the low-energy regime. This work proposes a phenomenological framework in which non-Gaussian fluctuations of spacetime or fundamental constants are amplified by the </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> enhancement factor of squeezed light. We design two independent table-top platforms: (i) a double-slit interferometer measuring a residual visibility </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">, and (ii) a Rydberg electromagnetically-induced-transparency (EIT) spectrometer detecting an excess frequency variance </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">. Both platforms share the same core hypothesis: the existence of an effective skewness parameter </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> that characterizes Planck‑scale non‑Gaussian statistics and can be probed via the nonlinear Kerr response of the atomic medium. The predictions are falsifiable: if </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> or the </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> scaling is absent, the hypotheses are ruled out. This constitutes the first model‑independent table‑top test of non‑Gaussian spacetime structure, directly inspired by the cosmic microwave background bispectrum and realizable with current technology.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>摘要</strong></p> <p>量子引力长期缺乏低能区可检验的实验预言。本文提出一个唯象框架,其中时空或基本常数的非高斯涨落被压缩态光的<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>增强因子放大。我们设计两个独立的桌面实验平台:(<span lang="EN-US">i</span>)双缝干涉仪,测量残余可见度<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span>;(<span lang="EN-US">ii</span>)里德堡电磁诱导透明(<span lang="EN-US">EIT</span>)光谱仪,检测反常频率方差<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span>。两个平台共享同一个核心假设:存在一个有效偏度参数<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>刻画普朗克尺度的非高斯统计,该参数可通过原子介质的非线性克尔响应进行探测。本预言是可证伪的:若<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>或缺失<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>标度关系,则假设被排除。这构成了首个不依赖具体紫外理论的、直接检验时空非高斯性的桌面实验方案,其灵感源自宇宙微波背景双谱,且可基于现有技术实现。</p> |
| title | Table-top test of non-Gaussian spacetime fluctuations: A dual-platform proposal using squeezed light interferometry and Rydberg atomic spectroscopy |
| topic | quantum gravity; squeezed light; double‑slit interferometry; Rydberg atoms; non‑Gaussianity; table‑top experiments |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19170751 |