PHYSICAL REALIZABILITY BOUNDARIES OF OBSERVATION

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Authors: Darren Cudd
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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