PHYSICAL REALIZABILITY BOUNDARIES OF OBSERVATION
Abstract
This paper examines the physical limits on observation by treating measurement as a force-mediated, energy-consuming interaction performed by finite matter–energy systems. By analyzing observation through physical admissibility, enforcement, removal, and invariance, it shows that increasing precision or duration necessarily increases energy concentration, back-reaction, thermodynamic stress, and gravitational influence within the observer. These enforced constraints imply hard physical boundaries on what can be empirically realized, independent of mathematical idealizations or technological refinement.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 13 January 2026
- Document type
- Preprint