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Vedic Unified-Field Hypothesis (VUH 3.x): Phase-1 Experimental Validation Ankur Bhasin (Principal Investigator) Bhasin Group Research Division [email protected] October 2025 Key Findings 1. No detectable gravitational echoes across 11 events; 95% CL upper limits established. 2. Relativistic propagation verified — |Delta v|/c <= 4 x 10^-16 (GW170817 / GRB170817A). 3. Quantum coherence scaling confirmed — tau ~ m^-0.5 consistent with VUH prediction. Abstract We report the first integrated empirical assessment of the Vedic Unified-Field Hypothesis (VUH 3.x) across three domains: (1) gravitational-wave echo searches, (2) EM–GW propagation delay tests, and (3) quantum decoherence scaling. Using public LIGO/Virgo data (11 events, up to 400 null slides/event), we find no significant echo signatures after FDR control and set 95% CL |z|-based upper limits per event/band/pair. For GW170817 <-> GRB170817A we obtain |Delta v|/c <= 4 x 10^-16. In simulations, adding a VUH sqrt(mass) term yields a clear tau ~ m^-0.5 law, distinct from baseline quantum dephasing. We thus constrain macroscopic echoes while motivating precision quantum tests as the next step.
1 . Introduction VUH 3.x proposes a unifying geometric–informational coupling across gravitation, electromagnetism, and quantum coherence. We target three predictions with public data and clean simulations. 2 . Methods Echo scans: multithreaded cross-correlation around merger times (pre/post/off windows), 20–256 Hz bands, 50–400 null slides; FDR via Benjamini–Hochberg (q=0.05). Upper limits: 95th-percentile |null z| per event x pair x band x window. EM–GW: GW170817/GRB170817A timing bound. Quantum: pure-dephasing with added VUH sqrt(mass) term; regression of log(tau) vs log(mass). 3 . Results Echo: no FDR-surviving tiles; no consistent lag–band–pair clustering; 0.25–0.35 s region null across events. Upper limits reported as per-event medians of |z|95. EM–GW: |Delta v|/c <= 4 x 10^-16. Quantum: baseline slope b ~ 0 vs VUH b -> -0.5 with increased coupling, confirmed by deep mass sweep. 4 . Discussion The macroscopic echo channel is null at current sensitivity; limits are provided. Relativistic propagation matches GR to ~4 x 10^-16. The quantum signature provides a clean, falsifiable target for laboratory tests in the 1e4–1e7 amu mass range. 5 . Conclusion Phase-1 validates VUH 3.x as empirically constrained and experimentally differentiable: null echoes with upper limits; relativistic invariance; and a distinctive sqrt(mass) decoherence law for near-term experiments.
Figure 1. GW150914 p-value histogram. Figure 2. Quantum decoherence scaling (|rho01|(t) vs mass). Figure 3. Summary visual from the consolidated HTML report.
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