Event Horizon

Physics-Informed Chaos-Gated Data Vault

A proof-of-concept encryption system using quantum chaos physics to scramble and protect data.

What Is This?

Event Horizon uses real physics concepts to create a novel data protection system:

• SYK Scrambling: Data is scrambled using the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev quantum chaos model
• Chimera Camouflage: Scrambled data is hidden in a chimera state (mixed sync/chaos)
• Resonance Lock: Decryption is only possible within a phase transition "resonance window"
• Integrability Key: Password-derived integrable system triggers chaos-to-order transition

Installation

pip install -r requirements.txt

Quick Start

# Run demo
python -m src.main demo

# Encrypt a message
python -m src.main encrypt "Hello, World!" -o vault.eh

# Check vault status
python -m src.main status vault.eh

# Decrypt
python -m src.main decrypt vault.eh --key mypassword

The Physics

Based on 6 ArXiv papers from January 2026:

1. arXiv:2601.15536 - Bidirectional teleportation via scrambling
2. arXiv:2601.15225 - Resonance in phase transitions
3. arXiv:2601.09801 - Double-Scaled SYK model
4. arXiv:2601.12251 - Physics-guided neural networks
5. arXiv:2601.11212 - Chaos-to-integrability transition
6. arXiv:2601.10897 - Chimera states in oscillator networks

How It Works

ENCRYPT:
┌─────────┐    ┌───────────┐    ┌──────────┐    ┌────────────┐
│  Data   │───▶│ SYK       │───▶│ Chimera  │───▶│ Resonance  │
│ (bytes) │    │ Scramble  │    │ Camouflage│   │ Lock       │
└─────────┘    └───────────┘    └──────────┘    └────────────┘
                    │                │                │
                    ▼                ▼                ▼
              OTOC → 0         Hidden in         Time-locked
              (chaotic)        oscillators       by physics

DECRYPT:
┌────────────┐    ┌──────────┐    ┌───────────┐    ┌─────────┐
│ Resonance  │───▶│ Extract  │───▶│ Unscramble│───▶│  Data   │
│ Window     │    │ from     │    │ (time     │    │ (bytes) │
│ Check      │    │ Chimera  │    │ reversal) │    │         │
└────────────┘    └──────────┘    └───────────┘    └─────────┘

Core Physics Concepts

SYK Model (Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev)

• Hamiltonian with all-to-all random 4-body interactions
• Maximally chaotic: saturates the chaos bound
• OTOC (Out-of-Time-Order Correlator) measures scrambling

Chimera States

• Kuramoto oscillators with non-local coupling
• Coexistence of synchronized and desynchronized regions
• Data hidden in synchronized cluster phases

Phase Transition Resonance

• Mean waiting time peaks at critical point
• Creates narrow window for decryption
• Scales with system size: width ~ N^(-1/ν)

Project Structure

src/
├── types.py          # Shared data structures
├── quantum_core.py   # SYK model, OTOC, scrambling
├── chimera_mask.py   # Kuramoto oscillators, embedding
├── resonance_gate.py # Phase transition, resonance window
├── coupling_key.py   # Integrable key, coupling mechanism
├── vault.py          # Orchestration layer
└── main.py           # CLI interface

tests/
├── test_quantum.py   # 39 tests
├── test_chimera.py   # 41 tests
├── test_resonance.py # 32 tests
└── test_coupling.py  # 49 tests

Running Tests

pytest tests/ -v

Disclaimer

This is a research/educational project demonstrating physics concepts. NOT a replacement for proven cryptographic standards (AES, RSA).

The security comes from physics concepts, not cryptographic hardness proofs. Use for learning and experimentation only.

Author

Aria Han

License

MIT