Derivation of the Cause of Circumnavigating Atomic Clock Time Difference and Its Experimental Verification Scheme. Based on Wave Function Collapse and Reconstruction

In the Hafele-Keating experiment, circumnavigating atomic clocks exhibited a fixed nanosecond-level time difference. For half a century, this phenomenon has been interpreted by mainstream physics academia as direct evidence for the relativistic time dilation effect. Breaking away from the theoretical framework of spacetime distortion, this paper starts from the underlying mechanism of quantum measurement and puts forward the core viewpoint: the essence of atomic clock timing deviation is not the distortion of spacetime itself, but the innate asymmetry of microwave measurement paths. The microwave resonating with cesium atoms must undergo the quantum process of wave function collapse and reconstruction, while the timing microwave does not pass through this process. The physical difference between the two paths leads to timing deviation. Combined with original derivation and experimental design, this paper deduces the formation mechanism of atomic clock time difference based on the quantum properties of wave function collapse and reconstruction. Meanwhile, it proposes a minimalist and implementable atomic clock modification scheme to eliminate time difference by unifying measurement paths. Based on relevant original research achievements [1][2], this paper completes mutual verification between theory and experiment, corroborates that the wave function collapse and reconstruction process is the core cause of atomic clock time difference, and provides a new perspective for research on quantum measurement and time standards.