A Falsifiability Test of the ATPEW Framework Using the Millisecond Pulsar Candidate BLPSR at the Galactic Center
We present a falsifiability-oriented analysis of the millisecond pulsar candidate BLPSR (P = 8.19 ms) reported in The Astrophysical Journal (Perez et al. 2026, ApJ 998:147). The candidate was detected during Epoch 1 (June 2022) in X-band observations toward the Galactic Center but was not recovered during deeper follow-up observations in December 2023.Within the ATPEW (Aldon Time Phase Energy Wave) theoretical framework, gravity is modeled as a spatial gradient of local phase velocity. In this context, the non-recovery of BLPSR is interpreted not as a sensitivity limitation but as a potential phase-decoherence effect induced by a spatial modulation of the local phase velocity near Sgr A*.We formulate explicit, testable predictions for future observing epochs, including: (i) reappearance of the signal correlated with orbital phase, (ii) sinusoidal timing residuals induced by spatial phase modulation, (iii) degradation of long integrations in high phase-gradient regions, and (iv) achromatic timing drift across 8–93 GHz.These predictions provide a direct observational test of ATPEW in the strong-gravity regime of the Galactic Center.
Authors
- Michel ALdon
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-02-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18664568
- Primary Topic
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00