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ICC Black Holes: Horizon as a Zero-Flow Surface, Planckian Core, and Gravitational-Wave Echo Predictions

Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: We present a discrete information‑theoretic model of black holes within the Information Copying Cosmology (ICC) framework, where spacetime emerges as a simplicial complex with fundamental step a and local copying rate H(x,t). A black hole forms when defect accumulations saturate the copying capacity, driving H→0 and creating a zero‑flow surface Jcopy⋅r^=0 that replaces the classical event horizon. We derive effective field equations from the copying balance via a Martin–Siggia–Rose path integral, showing that the Newtonian limit ∇2Φ=4πGρeff emerges with Φ∼δH/Hbg and ρeff∝C (relative defect variance). The central singularity is eliminated, substituted by a Planckian core of radius ∼a. Statistical counting of defect configurations on the horizon yields S=A/4Gℏ for Δ∗=1/12, fixing the discreteness scale at a≈1,22ℓP. The model reproduces the Schwarzschild metric asymptotically, predicts a minimal correction to the Hawking temperature (δ∼0,02), and implies observable gravitational‑wave echoes with reflectivity scaling R∼(ℓP/Rs)γ, γ∈[1,2]. The framework resolves the information paradox via horizon‑locked defect encoding and offers falsifiable signatures testable by LISA and next‑generation interferometers.
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7161740773
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