Programming Spacetime_ A Table-Top Memory Lens via Gravitational_Memory Ridges
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This work introduces a tabletop “memory lens” experiment that programs one-dimensional Gaussian-shaped ridges directly into the gravitational-memory field. By subdividing a spatial region into micro-actuator cells, the setup can inscribe, erase, and reconfigure ridge profiles on demand. These engineered mass-density perturbations are read out via torsion-pendula or qudit detectors and probed by a slow particle beam, demonstrating measurable deflections under laboratory-feasible parameters. The results confirm the physical reality of gravitational-memory ridges and highlight their potential as reconfigurable spacetime optics, opening new avenues for programmable gravitational lenses and phase plates.
Author: Richardson, William J.
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6893417213
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