Atomic Clocks, Isotope Shifts, and Spin–Dependent Phenomena as Probes of Internal Geometric Structure
Abstract
This article proposes a unified interpretational framework for a broad class of high-precision frequency measurements in atomic physics, including optical clock comparisons, isotope shift spectroscopy, spin-dependent tests, and gravitational redshift experiments. While these phenomena are commonly analyzed within separate theoretical approaches, they share a common experimental observable: small, systematic deviations in atomic transition frequencies. The work argues that this convergence reflects not multiple independent physical mechanisms, but different observable projections of a single underlying geometric response of spacetime at microscopic scales. Within this perspective, atomic systems act as geometric sensors, while established descriptions based on quantum electrodynamics and general relativity remain valid as effective, projected theories. No new particles, fields, or adjustable couplings are introduced. The framework reorganizes existing precision data in a conservative geometric language and identifies concrete, falsifiable signatures that can be tested through reanalysis of current optical clock networks, isotope shift measurements, and spin-dependent spectroscopic experiments.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Relativity and Gravitational Theory
Advanced Frequency and Time Standards
Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
Publication details
- Journal / source
- OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint