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Finite-resolution measurement induces topological curvature defects in spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-04-15 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We show that regularizing (2+1)(2+1)-dimensional Minkowski spacetime with a finite-resolution Gaussian probe, analogous to Weyl-Heisenberg (Gabor) signal analysis and related quantization, induces a curved geometry with a topological defect. The regularized metric replaces r2r^2 by r2+σ2r^2+\sigma^2 in the angular part, where σ\sigma is the resolution scale from the width of the Gaussian probe. The resulting Gaussian curvature integrates to 2π-2\pi, independently of σ\sigma. This curvature defines an effective stress-energy source with universal total energy Eeff=1/(4G)E_{\text{eff}}=-1/(4G). The limit σ0\sigma\to0 leads to distributional Dirac-delta curvature and to appearance of topological defect at the origin. These results show that finite spatial resolution measurement does not merely smooth singularities but can shape spacetime geometry.

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@article{arxiv.2601.13491,
  title  = {Finite-resolution measurement induces topological curvature defects in spacetime},
  author = {Ewa Czuchry and Jean-Pierre Gazeau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.13491},
  year   = {2026}
}