It Shouldn't Exist This Early: The Dormant 6-Billion-Solar-Mass Black Hole MRG-M0138 and the Structural Collector Interpretation in BECU-OLON
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: This work extends the BECU-OLON structural cosmology framework by investigating the sequence: Death of Rotation → Structural Collection → Structural Compression → Critical Lock → Cosmological Division. Within this framework, black holes are interpreted not only as gravitational objects but also as Structural Collectors—concentration nodes that accumulate mass and structural memory during the late stages of cosmic evolution. The manuscript examines the recent James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations of the quiescent galaxy MRG-M0138 (z = 1.95), which hosts a dormant supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of approximately 6 × 10⁹ solar masses. Although these observations do not constitute a proof of the BECU-OLON framework, they provide a remarkable qualitative analogue of the concentration-dominated states anticipated by the Structural Collector hypothesis. The work further develops the concept of the universal structural threshold Kcrit = √3 ≈ 1.732, interpreted as the geometric boundary between stable structural evolution and instability-driven cosmological renewal. The central hypothesis proposed in this study is that the Big Bang may be understood not as creation ex nihilo, but as the observable manifestation of a deeper structural transition: Un → Un+1 where successive observable cosmological phases emerge through organization, concentration, criticality, and structural renewal. A dormant 6-billion-solar-mass black hole in the early Universe demonstrates that nature can realize extreme concentration-dominated states. This work explores the possibility that such systems represent qualitative analogues of the Structural Collectors proposed in the BECU-OLON framework, where progressive concentration drives matter toward a universal critical threshold (Kcrit = √3) and potentially toward cosmological phase transitions and structural renewal. Related BECU Cosmology: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19511418.
Source: OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
Author: Vardiampasis, George
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7164680196