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Z3 Vacuum Inertia in Nanoscale Transport: A Geometric Perspective on Anomalous Conductivity

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08 March 2026

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09 March 2026

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Abstract
Nanoscale conductors and interfaces often exhibit anomalous AC transport and enhanced supercon-ducting critical temperatures that deviate from conventional electron-phonon descriptions. We explore a complementary, exploratory mechanism based on the inertial response of a Z3-graded vacuum sector to time-varying electromagnetic fields. Within this phenomenological framework, surface criticality is suggested to drive high-energy vacuum modes toward low-energy collective excitations at surfaces and interfaces, giving rise to an approximate coherence length ξvac ∼ 70 nm. This geometric length scale may influence the effective conductivity in the non-local regime, potentially contributing to features such as high-frequency skin depth saturation and interface-driven Tc enhancement. Illus-trative evaluations based on the algebraic structure show qualitative consistency with experimental observations in high-purity metals and nanowire systems. The framework offers an exploratory perspective on these mesoscopic anomalies and tentatively attempts to establish a possible connection between algebraic high-energy structures and low-energy quantum materials phenomena.
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