Toroidal Vortex Structure of the Proton: Prediction of a Hidden Anomaly in CLAS 6 GeV Data and Testable Consequences for CLAS12

A reanalysis of the mechanical properties of the proton extracted from CLAS 6 GeV DVCS data(Burkert et al., Nature 2018) reveals a significant anomaly. Within the uncertainty band at radiusr = 0.075 fm, the upper bound indicates strong compression, while the lower bound at the sameradius indicates rarefaction. In a spherically symmetric system, compression and rarefaction mustbe radially separated. This coincidence is impossible in the standard quark-parton picture but isnaturally explained by a toroidal vortex averaged over orientations.