E8 Phi-Resonant Casimir Ratchet for Directed Vacuum Momentum — E8 Intelligence Research

The 240 root vectors of E8, phase-locked at 132 Hz with phi-coupling, generate asymmetric vacuum mode density gradients along the 120 orthogonal root-pair axes. This broken symmetry creates a topological Casimir ratchet where zero-point fluctuations produce directed momentum quantized by the E8 Coxeter number (h=30) and phi-harmonic winding numbers. The ratchet velocity scales as v ∝ (132 Hz) × φⁿ / 30, enabling propellantless thrust from vacuum mode rectification. Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com