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This paper argues that published Thorium-229 nuclear-clock data already place a lower bound of about 22 MeV on the nonlocality scale that would modify the time-energy uncertainty principle.

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load-bearing objection First 229Th bound on E_M is new but the headline 22.3 MeV rests on an un-derived frequency shift; the derivation only gives broadening. the 3 major comments →

arxiv 2607.18333 v3 pith:5I6DNDQN submitted 2026-07-19 quant-ph hep-exhep-phhep-thnucl-th

A First Bound on the Moffat Energy and Thorium--229 Clock as a Probe of the Nonlocal Time-Energy Structure

E. J. Thompson , Arvin Kouroshnia , J. W. Moffat , C. Chyrak , G. Gervais This is my paper
classification quant-ph hep-exhep-phhep-thnucl-th
keywords nonlocal quantum field theorytime-energy uncertaintyThorium-229 nuclear clocknonlocality scaleclock frequency reproducibilityvariance additionlower boundnuclear clock
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Nonlocal quantum field theory modifies the time-energy uncertainty relation by adding an irreducible width, set by a nonlocality scale E_M, to any measured clock event. The paper derives this nonlocal time-energy principle as a variance-addition law and then applies published Thorium-229 nuclear-clock data — the frequency, reproducibility, and day-scale stability — as a first laboratory probe of E_M. Interpreting the reported residuals as upper limits on a nonlocal fractional shift, it finds a conservative direct lower bound E_M > 22.3 MeV, with 18.7 MeV and 101 MeV under other direct readings, GeV-scale bounds if the known nuclear sensitivity of the thorium transition amplifies the effect, and TeV-scale estimates for MeV-scale internal reference energies. The authors stress the experiments were not designed for this test and present the numbers as motivating bounds, not exclusions; still, the result establishes that a non-Planckian nonlocality scale is accessible to precision clock physics. The load-bearing step is treating the centered kernel's variance effect as a line-center shift — if the nonlocal effect only broadens the line, the reproducibility channel may be blind to it.

Core claim

The central claim is that a nonlocal time-energy uncertainty principle, derived from a centered response kernel with finite variance, predicts strict variance addition: (ΔT_F)^2 = (ΔT)^2 + τ_F^2 and (ΔE_F)^2 = (ΔE)^2 + ε_F^2, with τ_F = α_t ħ/E_M, so E_M sets a minimum clock-time and linewidth scale. The paper then adopts a leading quadratic low-energy correction |δν_NL|/ν_Th = (E_ref/E_M)^2 and, using the published 229Th clock frequency 2.020407384335 × 10^15 Hz and transition energy 8.3557 eV, converts three residual scales — 2.0×10^-13 (frequency uncertainty), 1.4×10^-13 (inter-crystal reproducibility), and 6.8×10^-15 (day-scale stability) — into lower bounds E_M > 18.7, 22.3, and 101 MeV

What carries the argument

The central objects are the nonlocal response kernels η_F(t) and χ_F(E) produced by an entire-function regulator F(□/E_M^2) — a smooth ultraviolet regulator that damps high energies without introducing new poles. The paper assumes the kernels are normalized, centered, and of finite variance, which yields the exact addition laws for measured time and energy variances; combining these with the ordinary Heisenberg inequality gives a minimum time width τ_F = α_t ħ/E_M. The numerical bounds then ride on a low-energy expansion treating the leading clock-frequency correction as |δν_NL|/ν_Th = (E_ref/E_M)^2 with unit coefficient, and on the Thorium-229 clock's reported precision serving as the resid

Load-bearing premise

The numerical bounds assume the nonlocal effect appears as a fractional shift of the clock line center, whereas the derivation that motivates the effect only shows that a centered kernel adds variance; if the kernel is truly centered, the line center is unshifted and the reproducibility-based bound collapses.

What would settle it

Measure the 229Th transition linewidth directly with Ramsey spectroscopy and compare it with the known lifetime and local broadening budget. A line fully explained by known effects with no residual width would show the clock channel is insensitive to a centered nonlocal kernel, falsifying the shift-based bound; a residual width above the local budget would directly probe the nonlocal kernel's variance and the scale E_M.

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If this is right

  • If the paper's central claim is correct, nonlocal time-energy structure is already constrained at laboratory scale: published 229Th clock data exclude E_M below 22.3 MeV in the direct channel, independent of any nuclear-enhancement model.
  • The bound scales as δ_res^{-1/2} for a quadratic correction, so each factor-of-10 improvement in clock residual precision raises the direct bound by roughly a factor of 3.2; future clocks will push the exclusion upward without new physics assumptions.
  • A dedicated Ramsey or linewidth experiment designed to isolate residual linewidth and time-energy covariance could turn the present motivating bound into a direct measurement of the nonlocal kernel's variance, not just a shift limit.
  • The GeV and TeV estimates show that, if the Thorium-229 nuclear sensitivity applies to nonlocal corrections, the same data already probe scales far above the 8.36 eV clock photon, making nuclear clocks a complementary route to colliders for high-scale nonlocality.
  • Because the paper's bound is channel-specific, it does not constrain a universal Standard Model nonlocality; it constrains nonlocal corrections that enter the thorium clock observable, which is the honest scope of the result.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If the nonlocal response kernel is exactly centered, the mean event time and mean energy are unchanged, so the direct reproducibility bound is not supported by the derivation; a linewidth or Ramsey-decay measurement is a more natural observable than a line-center shift.
  • The K = 5900 factor is taken from published sensitivity of the 229Th transition to the fine-structure constant; whether a nonlocal regulator couples through the same mechanism is an untested assumption, so the GeV-scale numbers are conditional on that analogy holding.
  • A testable extension would re-analyze the same published data using the variance-addition law directly — comparing the observed linewidth against the known lifetime-limited width and local broadening budget — yielding a bound on τ_F and ε_F without needing a shift mechanism.
  • If future clock comparisons between different crystal hosts show a reproducible offset at the 10^-13 level that cannot be assigned to known solid-state shifts, that would be the kind of channel-specific anomaly the paper's shift-based framework would predict; a null offset would reinforce the broadening-only interpretation.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

3 major / 5 minor

Summary. The paper derives a nonlocal time–energy uncertainty relation by convolving clock transition distributions with response kernels that are assumed normalized and centered (Eqs. 8–9 and 23), obtaining variance-addition laws for time and energy widths (Eqs. 18 and 25). It then uses published 229Th nuclear-clock frequencies, uncertainties, reproducibility, and stability numbers as residual limits in a fractional frequency-shift ansatz |δν_NL|/ν_Th = |β_NL|(E_ref/E_M)^n (Eq. 37), with n=2 and |β_NL|=1, to infer lower bounds on the nonlocality scale E_M. The headline results are E_M > 22.3 MeV for the direct reproducibility channel, E_M > 1.72 GeV for the nuclear-enhanced channel, and illustrative TeV-scale bounds for nuclear reference energies. The authors repeatedly stress that these are first, motivating bounds rather than definitive exclusions, and they separate the more model-dependent channels from the direct one.

Significance. If the link between Eq. (37) and the derived nonlocal formalism were established, the paper would provide a novel and interesting laboratory constraint on a non-Planckian nonlocality scale from nuclear clocks. The arithmetic is transparent and reproducible, the authors are explicit about the systematic limitations of solid-state 229Th clocks, and the proposed Wigner-covariance observable (Eqs. 33–36) is a useful guide for future dedicated experiments. However, the central numerical result is currently not supported by the paper's own derivation: the derivation produces only broadening, whereas the bounds are computed from line-center shift residuals. This limits the significance of the claimed 'first bound' until the mismatch is resolved.

major comments (3)
  1. [§II (Eqs. 8–14, 23–25) vs. §III (Eq. 37) and Table I] The response kernels η_F(t) and χ_F(E) are assumed normalized and centered, and the paper proves that the means—and hence the line centers—are unchanged (Eqs. 14 and 25); the only derived effect is variance addition. Yet Eq. (37) models the nonlocal effect as a fractional frequency shift |δν_NL|/ν_Th = |β_NL|(E_ref/E_M)^n, and the numerical bounds in Eqs. (66)–(74) use δ_res values (frequency uncertainty, reproducibility, day-scale stability) that constrain the line-center frequency. A symmetric broadening does not shift the line center, so these residuals do not bound E_M under the derived formalism. The headline E_M > 22.3 MeV therefore does not follow unless a separate mechanism converts the variance addition into a line-center shift with the assumed scaling. Equation (28) suggests the correct broadening route, but it is not used in the numerical extraction.
  2. [Eq. (37) and Eq. (59)] The low-energy power-law ansatz and the parameter choices n=2, |β_NL|=1 are introduced without derivation from the regulator F(□/E_M^2) or from the nuclear Hamiltonian. The citations [54,55] do not supply a calculation showing that a clock transition receives a fractional frequency shift of this form with an order-one coefficient. Since every quoted bound is an algebraic consequence of this ansatz, the results are conditional on an unproven model assumption. The paper should either derive Eq. (37) from the nonlocal theory or explicitly label it as a purely phenomenological benchmark rather than a consequence of the nonlocal time–energy principle derived in Section II.
  3. [§IV, Eq. (77) and Eq. (91)] The enhancement factor K=5900, taken from the fine-structure-constant sensitivity of the 229Th transition, is applied to a nonlocal regulator without a derivation that the nonlocal correction enters through the same nuclear matrix element. The paper acknowledges this as model-dependent, but because the enhanced GeV bound is presented as a motivated secondary result, a schematic argument for why K should multiply a nonlocal correction is needed. As written, the enhanced bound is an illustrative reach estimate rather than a constraint derived from the nonlocal time–energy formalism.
minor comments (5)
  1. [Eq. (1)] The notation 'r(E)=| eA(E)|2' appears malformed; presumably it should be the modulus squared of a Fourier-transformed amplitude. Please clarify the definition and the normalization integral.
  2. [Introduction, heading] The section heading 'INTRODUCTOR Y CONSIDERA TIONS' contains typographical errors; it should read 'INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS'.
  3. [Introduction] The sentence 'We have spent the past year building on and reformulating a class of nonlocal quantum field theory...' is repeated verbatim a few sentences apart. Please delete the duplicate.
  4. [General] The symbol E_M is called the 'Moffat energy' in the title but is not explicitly defined by that name in the text. A short definition at first use would help readers connect the title to the formalism.
  5. [Eq. (28) and Section III] The paper says the nonlocal effect could be a shift or a broadening, but Eq. (28) is the only place where broadening is connected to the clock linewidth. Please clarify whether δ_res values are line-center residuals, linewidth limits, or both, since the numerical bounds implement only a shift.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the quoted bounds are algebraic inversions of external clock residuals under a stated leading-correction model, not fits of the target scale or self-referential derivations.

full rationale

I examined the derivation chain from Eqs. (7)-(41). The variance-addition law, Eqs. (18) and (25), is derived from the explicitly stated assumptions that the response kernels are normalized and centered, Eqs. (8)-(9) and (23); it is a mathematical consequence, not a restatement of the target bound. The numerical extraction then uses Eq. (37) as an assumed leading-order shift and Eq. (41) as its algebraic inversion. The quoted numbers, Eqs. (67)-(74), are obtained by substituting external experimental quantities: E_Th = 8.355733552 eV, delta_res = 2.0e-13, 1.4e-13, 6.8e-15, and K = 5900. None of these is fitted to E_M; E_M is not a free parameter adjusted to reproduce the data. The choices n=2 and |beta_NL|=1 are stated model assumptions (Eqs. (38) and (59)), not hidden fits. No uniqueness theorem is imported from the authors' prior work to force the result, and the derivation of the variance bound is self-contained. The paper also includes an explicit limitation: 'The main limitation of the present analysis in this paper is that the residual scale delta_res is not a direct measurement of a nonlocal residual.' There is a genuine internal-consistency concern: Section II derives only variance addition for a centered kernel, while Eq. (37) treats the effect as a line-center shift; if the effect is pure broadening, a clock's line-center residual may not bound E_M as claimed. However, that is a derivation-gap / correctness issue rather than an input-output circularity. Accordingly, no specific circular step can be quoted, and the score is 0.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

6 free parameters · 4 axioms · 2 invented entities

Every quoted bound follows from E_M > E_ref (A/δ_res)^{1/n} with A = 1 or K, n = 2, and |β_NL| = 1 chosen by hand. The derivation of the nonlocal time-energy uncertainty relation does not fix A or n for the clock channel, so the numerical results are direct consequences of the assumed parametrization plus the measured precision. The enhancement factor K and nuclear-scale reference energies are additional model assumptions from the literature or from illustrative choices.

free parameters (6)
  • |β_NL| (nonlocal amplitude) = 1
    Set to order one in Eq. (59) as the 'minimal choice'. The bound E_M > E_ref / sqrt(δ_res) scales as sqrt(|β_NL|); a different amplitude would change all quoted numbers proportionally.
  • n (low-energy power) = 2
    Chosen as the leading even entire-function correction (Eq. 38), citing refs [54,55]. No derivation is given that a clock transition frequency inherits this power from the regulator.
  • E_ref (nuclear-scale reference energy) = 1 MeV, 10 MeV
    Assumed internal nuclear Coulomb/binding scales for the TeV bounds (Eqs. 82-83). No model is provided for how the nonlocal regulator enters nuclear structure to set E_ref.
  • K (sensitivity amplification) = 5900
    Taken from fine-structure constant sensitivity of the 229Th transition (ref [94]) and assumed to amplify the nonlocal response (Eq. 77). The nonlocal regulator is not shown to couple like α, so this is an extrapolation.
  • δ_res channel selection = 2.0e-13, 1.4e-13, 6.8e-15
    Three residuals are taken from refs [1,2,103,104]. The choice of which is 'conservative' (1.4e-13) and which is 'optimistic' (6.8e-15) is the authors', affecting the headline number (22.3 vs 101 MeV).
  • α_t (temporal width constant) = undetermined
    In Eq. (11), τ_F = α_t ħ/E_M. α_t is never computed from the regulator or used in the numerical bounds, but it is required for the derived time-resolution bound to be quantitative.
axioms (4)
  • domain assumption The nonlocal regulator is an entire function of the d'Alembertian, F(□)=exp(□/E_M^2), with no ghosts or complex poles.
    This is the authors' existing NLQFT framework (refs [55,56]); the paper relies on it as background and does not re-derive it.
  • ad hoc to paper The low-energy effect of the regulator on a clock frequency is |δν_NL|/ν_Th = |β_NL| (E_ref/E_M)^n with n=2.
    Eq. (37) is stated as the 'leading clock-frequency correction' with n=2 justified by the even entire-function choice, but the amplitude is not derived from the regulator or from the variance-addition law.
  • domain assumption A zero-mean, normalized, finite-variance response kernel describes how nonlocality affects clock observables.
    Eqs. (7)-(10) define the kernel with zero mean (Eq. 9), which forces the mean time to be unchanged (Eq. 14). This assumption is used in the derivation but conflicts with the shift-based bounds.
  • domain assumption Reported clock reproducibility and stability residuals bound any unexplained nonlocal contribution without subtracting correlated solid-state systematics.
    The paper states δ_res is inferred from clock uncertainty and 'receives contributions from crystal-field shifts, local strain, temperature variation, defect structure...'. It acknowledges this limitation, but the numerical bounds still treat δ_res as an upper limit on a nonlocal shift.
invented entities (2)
  • Nonlocal temporal/energy response kernels η_F(t), χ_F(E) no independent evidence
    purpose: Model the effect of the E_M regulator on clock observables; produce the variance-addition law (Eqs. 18, 25).
    Assumed to exist with normalization, zero mean, and finite variance; no independent measurement fixes their shape or width.
  • Nonlocal covariance element c_TE no independent evidence
    purpose: Parameterizes correlation between temporal and energetic response channels in the phase-space covariance matrix (Eq. 33).
    Introduced as a possible observable for a future dedicated experiment but never constrained by any data in this paper.

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The new Thorium--229 nuclear clocks give us a new laboratory system in which to test if modification of the Time-Energy uncertainty principle is correct. In this paper we derive the nonlocal Time-Energy uncertainty principle and then apply the published $^{229}$Th nuclear clock data as a first probe of the nonlocality scale \(E_M\). We note that since these experiments were not designed to test nonlocal quantum field theory the constraints are interpreted as motivating bounds and not definitive exclusions. By using the direct clock-energy channel, we find conservative lower bounds on \(E_M\) at the tens of MeV scale, with optimistic present-data estimates reaching the hundred MeV scale. Including the known nuclear sensitivity enhancement of the $^{229}$Th transition gives us stronger model dependent bounds in the GeV range, while nuclear-scale reference-energy scenarios can reach the TeV range. The conclusion we draw from this is that nuclear clocks already provide an experimental route from nonlocal time--energy uncertainty to measurable laboratory bounds on non-Planckian nonlocality.

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