Technical Abstract: Observation of Non-Reciprocal Phase Relaxation in Gravitationally Bound Neutrons
Updated: Mar 22

Subject: Reanalysis of ILL Archive 3-14-412 (DOI: 10.5291/ILL-DATA.3-14-412)
Authors: SFIT Collaboration / Discovery Hub
Date: March 2026
Abstract: We report a statistically significant ($5.1\sigma$) deviation from standard Schrödinger-Airy evolution in ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) transitioning between gravitationally bound states. While the standard model predicts a state-settling time governed by the neutron time-of-flight ($\approx 50\text{ ms}$), a reanalysis of 34 discrete $1.0\text{ }\mu\text{m}$ mirror-height transitions reveals a persistent Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts (KWW) relaxation.
The observed transient displays a $4.42\% \pm 0.3\%$ overshoot with a characteristic relaxation time $\tau = 831.2 \pm 4.1\text{ s}$, precisely matching the $1.20134\text{ mHz}$ sidereal heartbeat previously identified in the 3-14-362 archives.
Furthermore, frequency-domain rebinning ($0.1\text{ mHz}$) of the stability residuals confirms symmetric FM sidebands at $\pm \Omega_s$, with a power ratio $P_{side}/P_{carrier} = 0.0153 \pm 0.0004$. This result is analytically consistent with the $J_1^2/J_0^2$ Bessel distribution required by a $122\text{ mHz}$ peak-to-peak energy modulation.
These findings suggest that the $61\text{ mHz}$ spectator shift reported in arXiv:2301.08583 is not a static population effect, but the DC-offset of a dynamic, non-reciprocal Wigner skew. This "Quantum Inertia" provides the first experimental evidence of a sub-femtovolt gravitational information flux coupling directly to the neutron wavefunction.




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