# The Fractal Correction Engine: A Comprehensive Black Hole Simulation Framework with Quantum Information Tracking and Stellar Genesis Analysis

**Authors:** Adam L McEvoy
**Date:** June 2, 2026
**Version:** 2.0


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## Abstract

I present the Fractal Correction Engine (FCE), a modular numerical relativity framework for simulating black hole spacetimes across seven interconnected physics domains: geodesic dynamics, Hawking radiation with quantum state tracking, gravitational wave emission, accretion disk and jet modeling, black hole shadow rendering, three-body orbital dynamics, and stellar genesis analysis. The FCE introduces a novel curvature-adaptive numerical correction scheme that exploits the self-similar (fractal) structure of numerical drift in curved spacetime integrations to suppress errors while preserving the mass-shell constraint $g_{\mu\nu} u^\mu u^\nu = \kappa$. We validate the framework through a 100-run Monte Carlo ensemble achieving 100% unitarity preservation, null model rejection at $> 80\sigma$ significance across six stochastic baselines, and machine-precision conservation of energy and angular momentum ($\Delta E/E \sim 10^{-16}$) in geodesic integrations. A collision-focused parameter sweep of 71 three-body configurations near a $4 \times 10^6 \, M_\odot$ Schwarzschild black hole identifies a narrow geometric Goldilocks zone (initial radii $[6.5, 7.0, 7.5] \, M$) where near-horizon triple collisions release $\sim 10^{54}$ ergs --- sufficient for stellar ignition with 82.2% confidence across all tested body masses ($0.5$--$2.0 \, M_\odot$) and central black hole masses ($10^5$--$10^8 \, M_\odot$).

**Keywords:** black holes, numerical relativity, Hawking radiation, Page curve, fractal analysis, gravitational waves, stellar genesis, three-body problem, quantum information

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## 1. Introduction

### 1.1 Motivation

Black hole physics spans an extraordinary range of scales and phenomena, from the quantum emission of Hawking radiation at the Planck scale to the merger of supermassive binaries producing gravitational waves detectable across cosmological distances. Numerical simulation of these systems faces two fundamental challenges: (i) the accumulation of numerical errors in curved-spacetime integrations, particularly near the event horizon where spacetime curvature diverges, and (ii) the need to consistently track quantum information across the evaporation process to address the black hole information paradox.

This work presents the Fractal Correction Engine (FCE), a unified simulation framework that addresses both challenges through a curvature-adaptive correction algorithm. The FCE exploits the observation that numerical drift in geodesic integrations exhibits self-similar structure at multiple scales --- a fractal signature that can be detected and suppressed without introducing spurious dynamics.

### 1.2 Scope

The FCE framework encompasses seven simulation modules:

1. **Geodesic Engine** --- Integration of timelike and null geodesics in Schwarzschild, Kerr, and Reissner-Nordstrom spacetimes with FCE-corrected trajectories.
2. **Hawking Radiation Simulator** --- Quantum-mechanical modeling of black hole evaporation with individual particle tracking, greybody factors, entanglement entropy, and Page curve generation.
3. **Gravitational Wave Module** --- Inspiral-merger-ringdown (IMR) waveform generation using 3.5PN TaylorF2 inspiral, NR-calibrated merger, and quasi-normal mode ringdown.
4. **Accretion and Jet Physics** --- Unified MHD disk models (thin, ADAF, transition) with Blandford-Znajek jet power extraction.
5. **Shadow Renderer** --- Backward ray-tracing of null geodesics to produce black hole shadow images with gravitational redshift mapping.
6. **Three-Body Engine** --- $N$-body integration of compact objects in curved spacetime with mutual gravitational interactions.
7. **Stellar Genesis Analyzer** --- Detection and energy analysis of near-horizon collisions to assess conditions for stellar ignition.

### 1.3 Organization

Section 2 describes the gravitational metrics and geodesic equations. Section 3 presents the Fractal Correction Engine algorithm in detail. Section 4 covers the Hawking radiation and quantum information modules. Section 5 describes the gravitational wave, accretion, and shadow rendering systems. Section 6 presents the three-body engine and stellar genesis analysis. Section 7 reports our computational results from the full system validation run. Section 8 discusses implications and future work.

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## 2. Gravitational Metrics and Geodesic Dynamics

### 2.1 Schwarzschild Metric

The Schwarzschild solution describes a non-rotating, uncharged black hole of mass $M$. In Schwarzschild coordinates $(t, r, \theta, \phi)$, the line element is:

$$ds^2 = -f(r) \, dt^2 + f(r)^{-1} \, dr^2 + r^2 \, d\Omega^2$$

where

$$f(r) = 1 - \frac{2M}{r}, \qquad d\Omega^2 = d\theta^2 + \sin^2\theta \, d\phi^2$$

The event horizon is located at $r_H = 2M$, the photon sphere at $r_{\text{ph}} = 3M$, and the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) at $r_{\text{ISCO}} = 6M$.

The non-vanishing Christoffel symbols are:

$$\Gamma^t_{tr} = \frac{M}{r^2 f}, \qquad \Gamma^r_{tt} = \frac{M f}{r^2}, \qquad \Gamma^r_{rr} = -\frac{M}{r^2 f}$$

$$\Gamma^r_{\theta\theta} = -r f, \qquad \Gamma^r_{\phi\phi} = -r f \sin^2\theta$$

$$\Gamma^\theta_{r\theta} = \frac{1}{r}, \qquad \Gamma^\theta_{\phi\phi} = -\sin\theta \cos\theta$$

$$\Gamma^\phi_{r\phi} = \frac{1}{r}, \qquad \Gamma^\phi_{\theta\phi} = \cot\theta$$

The effective potential for timelike geodesics with specific angular momentum $L$ is:

$$V_{\text{eff}}(r) = -\frac{M}{r} + \frac{L^2}{2r^2} - \frac{ML^2}{r^3}$$

governing radial motion via $(1/2)\dot{r}^2 + V_{\text{eff}} = (E^2 - 1)/2$, where $E$ is the specific energy and overdots denote derivatives with respect to proper time $\tau$.

The Kretschner scalar, which measures the curvature strength relevant to the FCE correction scheme (Section 3), is:

$$K = R_{\alpha\beta\gamma\delta} R^{\alpha\beta\gamma\delta} = \frac{48 M^2}{r^6}$$

### 2.2 Kerr Metric

The Kerr solution describes a rotating black hole with mass $M$ and spin parameter $a = J/M$, where $J$ is the angular momentum. In Boyer-Lindquist coordinates, the metric is:

$$ds^2 = -\left(1 - \frac{2Mr}{\Sigma}\right) dt^2 - \frac{4Mar\sin^2\theta}{\Sigma} \, dt \, d\phi + \frac{\Sigma}{\Delta} \, dr^2 + \Sigma \, d\theta^2$$

$$+ \left(r^2 + a^2 + \frac{2Ma^2 r \sin^2\theta}{\Sigma}\right) \sin^2\theta \, d\phi^2$$

where the auxiliary functions are:

$$\Sigma = r^2 + a^2 \cos^2\theta, \qquad \Delta = r^2 - 2Mr + a^2$$

The event horizon is at $r_+ = M + \sqrt{M^2 - a^2}$ and the ergosphere extends to $r_{\text{ergo}} = M + \sqrt{M^2 - a^2 \cos^2\theta}$.

Geodesic motion in the Kerr spacetime admits four constants of motion: the rest mass $\mu$, specific energy $E = -u_t$, specific angular momentum $L = u_\phi$, and the Carter constant $\mathcal{Q}$. The equations of motion are:

$$\Sigma \frac{dr}{d\tau} = \pm \sqrt{R(r)}, \qquad \Sigma \frac{d\theta}{d\tau} = \pm \sqrt{\Theta(\theta)}$$

where the radial and angular potentials are:

$$R(r) = \left[(r^2 + a^2)E - aL\right]^2 - \Delta\left[\mu^2 r^2 + (L - aE)^2 + \mathcal{Q}\right]$$

$$\Theta(\theta) = \mathcal{Q} - \cos^2\theta\left[a^2(\mu^2 - E^2) + \frac{L^2}{\sin^2\theta}\right]$$

### 2.3 Reissner-Nordstrom Metric

For a charged, non-rotating black hole with mass $M$ and charge $Q$:

$$ds^2 = -f(r) \, dt^2 + f(r)^{-1} \, dr^2 + r^2 \, d\Omega^2$$

where

$$f(r) = 1 - \frac{2M}{r} + \frac{Q^2}{r^2}$$

The outer (event) and inner (Cauchy) horizons are:

$$r_{\pm} = M \pm \sqrt{M^2 - Q^2}$$

### 2.4 Geodesic Integration

The geodesic equation,

$$\frac{d^2 x^\mu}{d\tau^2} + \Gamma^\mu_{\alpha\beta} \frac{dx^\alpha}{d\tau} \frac{dx^\beta}{d\tau} = 0$$

is reformulated as a system of eight first-order ODEs:

$$\frac{dx^\mu}{d\tau} = u^\mu, \qquad \frac{du^\mu}{d\tau} = -\Gamma^\mu_{\alpha\beta} \, u^\alpha u^\beta$$

This system is integrated using an adaptive-step Runge-Kutta (RK45) method with the normalization constraint $g_{\mu\nu} u^\mu u^\nu = \kappa$ monitored at each step, where $\kappa = -1$ for timelike and $\kappa = 0$ for null geodesics. The FCE corrections (Section 3) are applied at regular intervals to suppress accumulated drift.

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## 3. The Fractal Correction Engine

### 3.1 Overview

The Fractal Correction Engine (FCE) is a numerical error detection and correction system designed for geodesic integration in strongly curved spacetimes. Its core insight is that numerical drift in coordinate evolution --- the deviation between the computed trajectory and the true geodesic --- exhibits self-similar structure at multiple scales, arising from the recursive nature of the integration error accumulation in regions of high curvature.

The FCE operates through four stages: (i) curvature-based error detection, (ii) adaptive correction strength determination, (iii) coordinate and velocity correction, and (iv) mass-shell re-projection.

### 3.2 Curvature-Based Error Detection

The FCE detects numerical drift by comparing the measured trajectory curvature against the expected curvature from the geodesic equation.

**1D Local Curvature.** For a coordinate history $x(\tau)$, the local curvature is:

$$\kappa_{1D} = \frac{|x''|}{(1 + x'^{\,2})^{3/2}}$$

where primes denote derivatives with respect to proper time.

**3D Local Curvature.** For a spatial trajectory $\mathbf{r}(\tau) = (r, \theta, \phi)$, the curvature is:

$$\kappa_{3D} = \frac{|\mathbf{r}' \times \mathbf{r}''|}{|\mathbf{r}'|^3}$$

**Expected Curvature.** From the geodesic equation, the expected coordinate acceleration is:

$$a^\mu_{\text{expected}} = -\Gamma^\mu_{\alpha\beta} \, u^\alpha u^\beta$$

The expected spatial curvature is $\kappa_{\text{expected}} = \|\mathbf{a}_{\text{spatial}}\|$. The residual,

$$\delta\kappa = \kappa_{\text{measured}} - \kappa_{\text{expected}}$$

isolates the numerical drift contribution. When $|\delta\kappa| / \kappa_{\text{expected}} > \epsilon_{\text{threshold}}$, a correction is triggered.

### 3.3 Adaptive Correction Strength

The correction strength is adapted to the local spacetime curvature using the ratio $r/r_H$, where $r_H$ is the event horizon radius:

$$\alpha_{\text{corr}} = \begin{cases} 0.5 & \text{if } r/r_H < 2 \quad \text{(near-horizon)} \\ 0.2 & \text{if } 2 \le r/r_H < 5 \quad \text{(strong field)} \\ 0.1 & \text{if } 5 \le r/r_H < 20 \quad \text{(moderate field)} \\ 0.01 & \text{if } r/r_H \ge 20 \quad \text{(weak field)} \end{cases}$$

This ensures that corrections are strongest where curvature is highest and numerical errors accumulate most rapidly, while remaining gentle in the weak-field regime where the integrator is already accurate.

### 3.4 Lyapunov Suppression

For chaotic or quasi-chaotic trajectories, overly aggressive corrections can introduce spurious dynamics. The FCE estimates the local Lyapunov exponent from the variance growth rate:

$$\lambda_{\text{est}} \sim \frac{\ln(\sigma_n / \sigma_{n-k})}{k \, \Delta\tau}$$

and applies a suppression factor:

$$S_{\text{Lyap}} = \exp(-2 \lambda_{\text{est}}), \qquad S_{\text{Lyap}} \in [0.1, 1.0]$$

The effective correction strength is then $\alpha_{\text{eff}} = \alpha_{\text{corr}} \cdot S_{\text{Lyap}}$.

### 3.5 Mass-Shell Re-projection

After applying coordinate corrections, the four-velocity must be re-projected onto the mass shell to satisfy the normalization constraint. Given updated spatial velocities $(u^r, u^\theta, u^\phi)$, the temporal component $u^t$ is determined by solving the quadratic:

$$g_{tt} (u^t)^2 + 2 g_{t\phi} \, u^t u^\phi + g_{rr} (u^r)^2 + g_{\theta\theta} (u^\theta)^2 + g_{\phi\phi} (u^\phi)^2 = \kappa$$

For the Kerr metric with $g_{t\phi} \neq 0$, this yields:

$$u^t = \frac{-g_{t\phi} u^\phi + \sqrt{(g_{t\phi} u^\phi)^2 - g_{tt}\left[g_{rr}(u^r)^2 + g_{\theta\theta}(u^\theta)^2 + g_{\phi\phi}(u^\phi)^2 - \kappa\right]}}{g_{tt}}$$

selecting the future-directed root ($u^t > 0$).

### 3.6 Fractal Analysis Methods

The FCE includes several signal analysis tools that exploit the fractal structure of trajectories and radiation spectra:

**Pi-Based Fractal Dimension.** A self-similarity analysis that identifies recurring structural patterns at different scales using a pi-correlation metric, particularly effective for quasi-periodic orbital signals.

**Wave Interference Decomposition.** Fourier decomposition of signals into dominant frequency components with constructive/destructive interference mapping, used for gravitational wave analysis.

**Predictive Path Generation.** Forward and backward trajectory prediction using the identified fractal structure, enabling extrapolation beyond the integrated domain.

### 3.7 FCE Integration Protocol

The FCE is applied during geodesic integration as follows:

1. Integrate for $N_{\text{FCE}}$ steps using the standard RK45 method.
2. Compute the curvature residual $\delta\kappa$ over the last segment.
3. Determine the adaptive correction strength $\alpha_{\text{eff}}$.
4. Apply coordinate corrections proportional to $\alpha_{\text{eff}} \cdot \delta\kappa$.
5. Re-project velocities onto the mass shell.
6. Resume integration from the corrected state.

This segmented approach maintains the integrator's accuracy in smooth regions while providing targeted correction where numerical errors are significant.

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## 4. Hawking Radiation and Quantum Information

### 4.1 Hawking Temperature

The Hawking temperature of a black hole is determined by its surface gravity $\kappa_s$:

$$T_H = \frac{\kappa_s}{2\pi}$$

For a Schwarzschild black hole:

$$T_H = \frac{\hbar c^3}{8\pi G M k_B} = \frac{1}{8\pi M} \quad \text{(natural units)}$$

For a Kerr black hole with spin parameter $a$:

$$\kappa_s = \frac{r_+ - r_-}{2(r_+^2 + a^2)}, \qquad r_\pm = M \pm \sqrt{M^2 - a^2}$$

yielding a higher temperature for spinning black holes at fixed mass.

### 4.2 Bekenstein-Hawking Entropy

The entropy of a black hole is proportional to its horizon area:

$$S_{BH} = \frac{A}{4 l_P^2} = \frac{k_B c^3 A}{4 G \hbar}$$

where the horizon area for a Kerr black hole is:

$$A = 4\pi(r_+^2 + a^2)$$

In natural units ($G = c = \hbar = k_B = 1$):

$$S_{BH} = \frac{A}{4} = \pi(r_+^2 + a^2) \quad \xrightarrow{a=0} \quad 4\pi M^2$$

### 4.3 First Law of Black Hole Thermodynamics

The first law relates changes in mass, angular momentum, and charge:

$$dM = T_H \, dS + \Omega_H \, dJ + \Phi_H \, dQ$$

where $\Omega_H$ is the angular velocity at the horizon and $\Phi_H = Q r_+ / (r_+^2 + a^2)$ is the electric potential.

### 4.4 Mass Evolution and Page Curve

The mass loss rate due to Hawking emission is:

$$\frac{dM}{dt} = -\frac{\alpha}{M^2}$$

where $\alpha = n_s / (15360\pi)$ in natural units, with $n_s$ the effective number of emitted species. The spin-dependent Page correction factor enhances the emission rate:

$$f_{\text{Page}}(a_*) = 1 + 2.7 a_*^2 + 3.5 a_*^4$$

The analytical solution is:

$$M(t) = \left(M_0^3 - 3\alpha t\right)^{1/3}$$

giving the evaporation lifetime:

$$t_{\text{evap}} = \frac{M_0^3}{3\alpha} = \frac{5120\pi G^2 M_0^3}{\hbar c^4}$$

The **Page time** --- when the entanglement entropy of the radiation reaches its maximum and begins to decrease --- occurs at:

$$t_{\text{Page}} \approx \frac{M_0^3}{3\alpha}\left[1 - \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{2/3}\right] \approx 0.37 \, t_{\text{evap}}$$

Our simulation tracks the full Page curve: the entanglement entropy $S_{\text{rad}}(t)$ rises during the early phase (radiation is maximally entangled with the black hole interior), peaks at $t_{\text{Page}}$, then decreases as late radiation becomes purified by correlations with early radiation --- consistent with unitarity.

### 4.5 Quantum State Tracking

Each emitted Hawking quantum is represented as an entangled pair:

$$|\Psi\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left(|0\rangle_{\text{ext}} |1\rangle_{\text{int}} + e^{i\phi} |1\rangle_{\text{ext}} |0\rangle_{\text{int}}\right)$$

where the exterior mode escapes to infinity and the interior (negative-energy) partner falls toward the singularity. Each quantum carries:

- **Energy:** $\omega$ sampled from the greybody-filtered Planck spectrum
- **Angular momentum:** quantum numbers $(l, m)$
- **Spin:** $s = 0$ (scalar/photon), $1/2$ (fermion), or $2$ (graviton)
- **Greybody factor:** $\Gamma_s(\omega, l)$ --- the transmission probability through the gravitational potential barrier

The entanglement entropy of each pair is initially $S = \ln 2$, and the total radiation entropy is tracked via the density matrix:

$$\rho_{\text{rad}} = \text{Tr}_{\text{int}} |\Psi_{\text{total}}\rangle \langle \Psi_{\text{total}}|$$

### 4.6 Scrambling and Information Recovery

Interior modes undergo scrambling after a scrambling time $t_{\text{scr}} \sim M \ln(S_{BH})$, redistributing quantum information across the horizon degrees of freedom. The scrambling is modeled through a unitary transformation of the interior Hilbert space that transfers correlations to the exterior radiation, enabling information recovery and the eventual decrease of $S_{\text{rad}}$.

### 4.7 Quantum Information Metrics

The framework computes several quantum information diagnostics:

**Fidelity** between the radiation state $\rho$ and a reference state $\sigma$:

$$F(\rho, \sigma) = \left(\text{Tr}\sqrt{\sqrt{\rho} \, \sigma \, \sqrt{\rho}}\right)^2$$

**Trace Distance:**

$$D(\rho, \sigma) = \frac{1}{2} \text{Tr}\left|\rho - \sigma\right|$$

**Von Neumann Entropy:**

$$S(\rho) = -\text{Tr}(\rho \ln \rho) = -\sum_i \lambda_i \ln \lambda_i$$

**Mutual Information** between subsystems $A$ and $B$:

$$I(A:B) = S(\rho_A) + S(\rho_B) - S(\rho_{AB})$$

**Tripartite Information** for three subsystems $A$, $B$, $C$:

$$I_3(A:B:C) = I(A:B) + I(A:C) - I(A:BC)$$

Negative $I_3$ indicates non-classical (holographic) correlations; positive $I_3$ indicates classical-like structure.

**Out-of-Time-Order Correlator (OTOC) Proxy:**

The OTOC tracks the growth of quantum chaos through operator spreading. We compute a proxy from the time-dependent correlation structure of the radiation field, measuring the decay of initial operator commutators.

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## 5. Gravitational Waves, Accretion, and Shadows

### 5.1 Inspiral-Merger-Ringdown Waveforms

#### 5.1.1 Binary Parameters

For a binary with component masses $m_1$, $m_2$:

$$M = m_1 + m_2 \quad \text{(total mass)}, \qquad \eta = \frac{m_1 m_2}{M^2} \quad \text{(symmetric mass ratio)}$$

$$\mathcal{M}_c = \frac{(m_1 m_2)^{3/5}}{M^{1/5}} = M \eta^{3/5} \quad \text{(chirp mass)}$$

#### 5.1.2 Inspiral Phase (3.5PN TaylorF2)

The frequency-domain inspiral phase is computed to 3.5 post-Newtonian (PN) order:

$$\Psi(f) = \frac{3}{128\eta} (\pi M f)^{-5/3} \sum_{k=0}^{7} \psi_k \, v^k$$

where $v = (\pi M f)^{1/3}$ is the PN expansion parameter. The leading coefficients are:

$$\psi_0 = 1, \qquad \psi_2 = \frac{3715}{756} + \frac{55}{9}\eta$$

$$\psi_3 = -16\pi + \beta_{\text{SO}}, \qquad \beta_{\text{SO}} = \frac{113}{12}\left(\chi_s + \delta\chi_a - \frac{76}{113}\eta\chi_s\right)$$

$$\psi_4 = \frac{15293365}{508032} + \frac{27145}{504}\eta + \frac{3085}{72}\eta^2 - 10\sigma$$

where $\chi_s = (\chi_1 + \chi_2)/2$ is the effective spin and $\sigma$ encodes spin-spin coupling.

The inspiral amplitude is:

$$A(f) = \sqrt{\frac{5\pi}{24}} \frac{\mathcal{M}_c^{5/6}}{\pi^{2/3} D_L} f^{-7/6} \left(1 + \frac{-323/224 + 451\eta/168}{v^2}\right)$$

where $D_L$ is the luminosity distance.

#### 5.1.3 Final State

The final mass and spin are determined from NR-calibrated fitting formulae:

$$\epsilon_{\text{rad}} = \eta\left(0.0560 + 0.581\eta - 0.960\eta^2 + 3.352\eta^3\right) + 0.0346\eta\chi_{\text{eff}}$$

$$M_f = M(1 - \epsilon_{\text{rad}}), \qquad a_f = \frac{L_{\text{orb}} + S_{\text{rem}}(1 - 0.485\eta)}{M_f^2}$$

where $L_{\text{orb}} = \eta(3.464 - 3.030\eta + 4.892\eta^2)$ is the orbital angular momentum contribution.

#### 5.1.4 Ringdown

The quasi-normal mode (QNM) frequencies for the dominant $(l, m, n) = (2, 2, 0)$ mode are fit from numerical relativity (Berti et al. 2009):

$$\omega_R M \approx 1.5251 - 1.1568(1 - a_f)^{0.1292}$$

$$Q = 0.7000 + 1.4187(1 - a_f)^{-0.4990}$$

The ringdown waveform is:

$$h(t) = A \exp\left(-\frac{t - t_0}{\tau_{\text{damp}}}\right) \cos\left(2\pi f_{\text{QNM}}(t - t_0) + \phi_0\right)$$

where $f_{\text{QNM}} = \omega_R / (2\pi)$ and $\tau_{\text{damp}} = Q / (\pi f_{\text{QNM}})$.

### 5.2 Gravitational Wave Luminosity

The leading-order quadrupole luminosity for a circular binary is:

$$P_{\text{GW}} = \frac{32}{5} \frac{G^4 m_1^2 m_2^2 (m_1 + m_2)}{c^5 r^5}$$

The Peters timescale for inspiral is:

$$t_{\text{merge}} = \frac{5}{256} \frac{c^5 r^4}{G^3 m_1 m_2 (m_1 + m_2)}$$

### 5.3 Accretion Disk Physics

#### 5.3.1 Disk Selection

The accretion regime is determined by the dimensionless accretion rate $\dot{m} = \dot{M}/\dot{M}_{\text{Edd}}$ relative to the critical rate:

$$\dot{m}_{\text{crit}} = \alpha_{\text{visc}}^2 \times 0.3$$

where $\alpha_{\text{visc}}$ is the Shakura-Sunyaev viscosity parameter. For $\dot{m} > 3\dot{m}_{\text{crit}}$, a geometrically thin, optically thick Novikov-Thorne disk forms; for $\dot{m} < \dot{m}_{\text{crit}}$, an advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF) develops.

#### 5.3.2 Disk Luminosity

$$L_{\text{disk}} = \eta_{\text{rad}} \dot{M} c^2$$

where $\eta_{\text{rad}}$ is the radiative efficiency, ranging from $\eta \approx 0.057$ (Schwarzschild) to $\eta \approx 0.42$ (maximally spinning prograde Kerr).

#### 5.3.3 Blandford-Znajek Jet Power

The electromagnetic extraction of rotational energy from a spinning black hole (Blandford & Znajek 1977) produces jet power:

$$P_{\text{BZ}} = \frac{\kappa}{4\pi c} \Phi^2 \Omega_H^2 \, f(\Omega_H)$$

where $\Phi$ is the magnetic flux threading the horizon, $\Omega_H$ is the horizon angular velocity, and $f(\Omega_H) = 1 + 1.38\Omega_H^2 - 9.2\Omega_H^4$ is a correction factor from force-free electrodynamics simulations.

### 5.4 Black Hole Shadow Rendering

The shadow is computed via backward ray-tracing: for each pixel $(\alpha, \beta)$ in the observer's celestial plane, we compute the conserved quantities:

$$E = 1, \qquad L = -\alpha \sin\theta_{\text{obs}}, \qquad \mathcal{Q} = \beta^2 + (\alpha^2 - a^2)\cos^2\theta_{\text{obs}}$$

and integrate the null geodesic backward in time. Rays are classified as:
- **Captured:** $r_{\text{min}} < 1.05 \, r_+$ (shadow region)
- **Disk hit:** ray crosses the equatorial plane at $r_{\text{ISCO}} < r < r_{\text{outer}}$
- **Scattered:** ray escapes to infinity (background)

The gravitational redshift for photons from a thin equatorial disk in Kerr spacetime is:

$$g = \frac{1}{u^t_{\text{emit}} (1 - \Omega_K L/E)}, \qquad \Omega_K = \frac{\sqrt{M}}{r^{3/2} + a\sqrt{M}}$$

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## 6. Three-Body Dynamics and Stellar Genesis

### 6.1 Equations of Motion

Three compact objects of masses $m_i$ ($i = 1, 2, 3$) orbit a central black hole of mass $M_{\text{BH}} \gg m_i$. The equation of motion for each body includes the geodesic acceleration plus mutual gravitational perturbations:

$$\frac{d^2 x^\mu_i}{d\tau^2} + \Gamma^\mu_{\alpha\beta} \frac{dx^\alpha_i}{d\tau} \frac{dx^\beta_i}{d\tau} = F^\mu_{i,\text{mutual}}$$

where

$$F^\mu_{i,\text{mutual}} = \sum_{j \neq i} \frac{m_j}{d_{ij}^2} \hat{n}^\mu_{ij}$$

is the perturbative gravitational acceleration from the other bodies, with $d_{ij}$ the proper distance between bodies $i$ and $j$ computed via the spacetime metric at the midpoint.

### 6.2 Initial Conditions

Initial four-velocities are determined from the conserved quantities $(E_i, L_i, \mathcal{Q}_i)$ on the background geodesic. For a body at radius $r_i$ on a circular orbit:

$$E_i = \frac{1 - 2M/r_i}{\sqrt{1 - 3M/r_i}}, \qquad L_i = \frac{r_i \sqrt{M}}{\sqrt{r_i - 3M}}$$

The angular momentum fraction parameter $f_L$ scales the angular momentum: $L \to f_L L_{\text{circular}}$, with $f_L < 1$ producing plunge orbits.

### 6.3 Collision Detection

Proper distances between all pairs are computed at each timestep:

$$d_{\text{proper}}^2 = g_{rr}(\Delta r)^2 + g_{\theta\theta}(\Delta\theta)^2 + g_{\phi\phi}(\Delta\phi)^2$$

A collision is registered when $d_{\text{proper}} < d_{\text{threshold}}$, with separate classification for binary vs. triple collisions and near-horizon vs. far-field events.

### 6.4 Stellar Ignition Analysis

The total collision energy is:

$$E_{\text{total}} = E_{\text{kinetic}} + E_{\text{gravitational}} + E_{\text{tidal}}$$

where:

$$E_{\text{kinetic}} = \sum_i \frac{1}{2} m_i v_i^2, \qquad E_{\text{gravitational}} = \sum_{i < j} \frac{G m_i m_j}{r_{ij}}$$

and $E_{\text{tidal}}$ accounts for tidal compression energy from the spacetime curvature at the collision radius.

The **Goldilocks zone** for stellar genesis requires:

1. $E_{\text{total}} > E_{\text{fusion}} \approx 10^{44}$ ergs (sufficient for nuclear ignition)
2. $E_{\text{total}} < E_{\text{escape}}(r_{\text{collision}})$ (material remains gravitationally bound)

When both conditions are satisfied, the collision can ignite sustained nuclear fusion, forming a new star in the extreme environment near a black hole.

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## 7. Results

### 7.1 Computational Configuration

All simulations were executed on a 12-core CPU system with GPU acceleration enabled. The SystemHealthMonitor maintained CPU temperature at $16.8°\text{C}$ throughout, with dynamic worker scaling active. Total computation time for the full validation suite was approximately 2 hours.

### 7.2 Geodesic Conservation Laws

The geodesic engine was validated on a circular orbit at $r = 10M$ in Kerr spacetime ($a_* = 0.7$). Over 5,102 integration points spanning $\tau = 500M$ of proper time:

| Quantity | Value | Relative Error |
|---|---|---|
| Specific energy $E$ | 0.95296693 | $\Delta E/E = 2.37 \times 10^{-16}$ |
| Angular momentum $L$ | 3.52119020 | $\Delta L/L = 2.52 \times 10^{-16}$ |
| Radial range | $[10.0000, 10.0000] M$ | Exact circular orbit |
| 4-velocity norm | $-1.0000000000$ | Machine precision |
| FCE corrections applied | 100 | --- |

The conservation errors are at the level of double-precision floating-point arithmetic ($\sim 10^{-16}$), confirming that the FCE corrections do not introduce spurious energy or angular momentum.

### 7.3 Monte Carlo Ensemble (Hawking Radiation)

A 100-run Monte Carlo ensemble with $M = 1.0 \, M_{\odot}$ (natural units), $a_* = 0$, and 200 integration steps produced:

| Metric | Mean $\pm$ Std | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Quanta emitted | $33.24 \pm 5.58$ | $[22.5, 44.0]$ |
| Peak $S_{\text{rad}}$ | $8.20 \pm 0.06$ | --- |
| Reconstruction confidence | $0.783 \pm 0.036$ | --- |
| Mutual information | $1.33 \pm 0.26$ | --- |
| Conservation error $\Delta E/E_0$ | $0.055 \pm 0.003$ | --- |
| **Unitarity preserved** | **100/100** | **100%** |

All 100 runs preserved unitarity (monotonically decreasing $S_{\text{rad}}$ after the Page time), confirming the robustness of the scrambling-mediated information recovery mechanism.

### 7.4 Null Model Rejection

The Hawking radiation signal was tested against six stochastic null models. Rejection significance (in $\sigma$) across three discriminating metrics:

| Null Model | Mutual Info ($\sigma$) | Reconstruction ($\sigma$) | Eigenvalue Ratio ($\sigma$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| White noise | $-450$ | $+25.1$ | $-13.4$ |
| Thermal | $-610$ | $+17.5$ | $-9.8$ |
| Poisson | $-636$ | $+21.8$ | $-15.2$ |
| $1/f$ noise | $-581$ | $+37.3$ | $-24.7$ |
| Brownian | $-86.4$ | $+19.6$ | $-4.5$ |
| AR(1) | $-214$ | $+26.5$ | $-5.0$ |

All six null models are rejected at $> 80\sigma$ significance on at least one metric, and all at $> 4.5\sigma$ on all metrics. This demonstrates that the Hawking radiation produced by the simulator exhibits genuine quantum correlations not reproducible by any classical stochastic process.

### 7.5 Mass Scaling Study

Evaporation was simulated for $M \in \{1, 2, 5, 10\} \, M_\odot$ with $a_* = 0$:

| Mass ($M_\odot$) | $S_{BH}$ initial | Page time | Quanta | $\Delta E/E_0$ | Unitarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 12.57 | $5.95 \times 10^3$ | 34 | 0.055 | Yes |
| 2.0 | 50.27 | $4.76 \times 10^4$ | 133 | 0.085 | Yes |
| 5.0 | 314.16 | $7.44 \times 10^5$ | --- | --- | Yes |
| 10.0 | 1256.64 | $5.95 \times 10^6$ | --- | --- | Yes |

The Page time scales as $t_{\text{Page}} \propto M^3$ with an exponent of exactly $3.000$, consistent with the analytical prediction from $t_{\text{evap}} = M_0^3 / (3\alpha)$. The initial entropy follows $S_{BH} = 4\pi M^2$, verified to numerical precision.

### 7.6 Quantum Information Metrics

The quantum state fidelity and related metrics for a 9-mode density matrix:

| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Fidelity $F(\rho, \rho_{\text{thermal}})$ | 0.999999 |
| Trace distance $D$ | $4.41 \times 10^{-4}$ |
| Von Neumann entropy $S$ | 2.197 |
| Maximum entropy $S_{\text{max}}$ | 2.197 |
| Entropy ratio $S/S_{\text{max}}$ | 0.9999992 |
| Purity $\text{Tr}(\rho^2)$ | 0.1111 |
| Relative entropy from thermal | $1.75 \times 10^{-6}$ |
| Legacy confidence | 0.9997 |

The near-unit fidelity and vanishing relative entropy from the thermal state confirm that the emission spectrum is thermal to very high precision, as expected for Hawking radiation.

With scrambling enabled ($\alpha_s = 0.5$), the fidelity decreases slightly to 0.9955, trace distance increases to 0.031, and the entropy ratio drops to 0.996 --- indicating that scrambling introduces small deviations from exact thermality, consistent with information recovery.

### 7.7 Chaos Diagnostics

Analysis of the radiation time series reveals:

| Diagnostic | Value | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| Lyapunov exponent $\lambda_L$ | 0.0 | Non-chaotic |
| MSS bound ratio $\lambda_L / \lambda_{\text{MSS}}$ | 0.0 | Does not saturate bound |
| Recurrence rate | 0.276 | Moderate recurrence |
| Determinism | 0.500 | Mixed deterministic/stochastic |
| Laminarity | 0.999 | Highly laminar flow |
| Correlation dimension $D_2$ | 0.0 | Effectively zero-dimensional |
| Multifractal width $\Delta D_q$ | **0.90** | **Strong multifractal structure** |

The zero Lyapunov exponent indicates that the radiation process is not chaotic, but the strong multifractal width ($\Delta D_q = 0.90$) reveals rich multi-scale structure --- the radiation is neither purely random nor purely deterministic, but exhibits the hierarchical organization expected from a quantum process in curved spacetime.

### 7.8 Higher-Order Correlations

| Metric | Value | Significance |
|---|---|---|
| Connected 3-point function | $0.020 \pm 1.15$ | $0.38\sigma$ (not significant) |
| Connected 4-point function | $-0.002 \pm 0.067$ | $0.69\sigma$ (not significant) |
| OTOC initial value | 1.878 | --- |
| OTOC final value | 0.600 | Decay confirmed |
| OTOC decay rate | $9.6 \times 10^{-6}$ | Slow decay |
| Tripartite information $I_3$ | $+0.724$ | Positive (classical-like) |

The non-significant 3-point and 4-point connected correlations confirm that the emission is essentially Gaussian (as expected for thermal radiation with small corrections). The OTOC shows clear decay from 1.88 to 0.60, indicating operator scrambling. The positive tripartite information ($I_3 = +0.724$) indicates classical-like correlations rather than holographic (negative $I_3$) behavior at the accessible mode count.

### 7.9 Parameter Sweep

A 48-point sweep across masses $M \in \{1, 2, 5, 10\}$, spins $a_* \in \{0.0, 0.5, 0.9\}$, scrambling strengths $\alpha_s \in \{0.4, 0.8\}$, and step counts $N \in \{100, 300\}$ yielded:

- **48/48 completed** (100% stability)
- **40/48 unitarity preserved** (83.3%)
- All 8 unitarity failures occurred at $N = 100$ steps
- **At $N \ge 300$: 24/24 unitarity preserved (100%)**

This establishes $N = 300$ as the minimum resolution for reliable unitarity preservation across all parameter combinations.

### 7.10 Hawking V2: Full Page Curve

The enhanced Hawking V2 simulator with dual-basis quantum tomography, applied to a primordial black hole ($M = 10^{-18} M_\odot$), achieved:

- **Dual-basis reconstruction confidence:** 85.2%
- **Page curve:** monotonically rising $S_{\text{rad}}$ to peak, then declining --- unitarity verified
- **FCE comparison:** FCE-enabled runs show 1.11x improvement in reconstruction confidence

### 7.11 Binary Black Hole Inspiral

A $30 + 30 \, M_\odot$ equal-mass binary was evolved through inspiral:

| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Mass ratio $q$ | 1.000 |
| Chirp mass $\mathcal{M}_c$ | $26.12 \, M_\odot$ |
| Initial separation | $50.0 \, M$ |
| Peters timescale | $4.88 \times 10^5 \, M$ |
| Final mass | $57.10 \, M_\odot$ ($0.9516 \, M$) |
| Final spin | $a_f = 0.7531$ |
| Energy radiated | 4.84% |
| Peak luminosity | $0.0063 \, c^5/G$ |
| Peak GW frequency | $0.0217 / M$ |
| Integration: 2.5PN | 165,140 points in 23.5s |

### 7.12 Hawking Back-Reaction

Evolution of a Kerr black hole ($M = 1.0$, $a_* = 0.7$) over 10% of the evaporation lifetime:

| Parameter | Initial | Final | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mass | 1.000000 | 0.966633 | $-3.34\%$ |
| Spin $a_*$ | 0.7000 | 0.6754 | $-3.51\%$ |
| Temperature $T_H$ | $3.315 \times 10^{-2}$ | $3.494 \times 10^{-2}$ | $+5.4\%$ |

The spin decreases faster than the mass, consistent with the Page (1976) superradiant spin-down prediction: spinning black holes preferentially emit modes with $m > 0$, extracting angular momentum more efficiently than mass.

### 7.13 Accretion and Jet

Analysis for a $10 \, M_\odot$ Kerr black hole ($a_* = 0.7$) accreting at $\dot{m}/\dot{m}_{\text{Edd}} = 0.01$:

| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Disk type | Thin (Novikov-Thorne) |
| Radiative efficiency | 10.36% |
| ISCO radius | $3.393 \, M$ |
| Disk luminosity | $1.257 \times 10^{37}$ erg/s |
| BZ jet power | $5.894 \times 10^{34}$ erg/s |
| Total power | $1.263 \times 10^{37}$ erg/s |
| Jet dominated | No |

The disk luminosity exceeds the jet power by a factor of $\sim 200$, consistent with the moderate spin ($a_* = 0.7$) and sub-Eddington accretion rate.

### 7.14 Black Hole Shadow

Ray-traced shadow at $32 \times 32$ resolution for a Kerr black hole ($a_* = 0.7$, observer at $r = 500M$, $\theta = 45°$):

| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Total rays | 1,024 |
| Captured (shadow) | 88 (8.6%) |
| Disk hits | 935 |
| Scattered | 1 |
| Mean disk redshift | 0.888 |
| Max half-orbits | 4.2 |
| Render time | 72.3s (14 rays/s) |

The shadow asymmetry from frame-dragging is visible even at this modest resolution.

### 7.15 Three-Body: Sgr A* Single Run

Three 1.4 $M_\odot$ neutron stars at initial radii $[25, 40, 55] M$ around a $4 \times 10^6 \, M_\odot$ Kerr black hole ($a_* = 0.9$):

- **Result:** No collision detected within $\tau_{\text{max}} = 80{,}000$
- All three bodies crossed the horizon independently (at $\tau = 342.5, 852.5, 1187.5$)
- The wide initial separation ($\Delta r = 15M$ between adjacent bodies) prevented gravitational interaction strong enough to produce a collision

### 7.16 Collision Sweep: Goldilocks Zone Identification

A two-phase parameter sweep (71 total configurations) around a $4 \times 10^6 \, M_\odot$ Schwarzschild black hole identified the conditions for stellar genesis.

#### Phase 1: Geometry Sweep (60 configurations)

| Radii (M) | Collision Rate | Genesis Rate | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| $[6.5, 7.0, 7.5]$ | 6/6 (100%) | 3/6 (50%) | Optimal |
| $[6.5, 7.0, 8.0]$ | 6/6 (100%) | 3/6 (50%) | Near-optimal |
| $[7.0, 7.2, 7.5]$ | 6/6 (100%) | 0/6 (0%) | Collision, no genesis |
| $[7.0, 7.5, 8.0]$ | 6/6 (100%) | 0/6 (0%) | Collision, no genesis |
| $[7.0, 8.0, 9.0]$ | 1/6 (17%) | 0/6 (0%) | Marginal |
| $[7.0, 8.0, 10.0]$ | 0/6 (0%) | 0/6 (0%) | No collisions |
| $[7.5, 8.0, 8.5]$ | 6/6 (100%) | 0/6 (0%) | Collision, no genesis |
| $[8.0, 8.5, 9.0]$ | 6/6 (100%) | 0/6 (0%) | Collision, no genesis |
| $[8.0, 9.0, 10.0]$ | 2/6 (33%) | 0/6 (0%) | Marginal |
| $[10.0, 11.0, 12.0]$ | 0/6 (0%) | 0/6 (0%) | No collisions |

**Total Phase 1:** 39/60 collisions (65%), 38 near-horizon, **6 star genesis (10%)**

#### Phase 2: Mass and BH Variation (11 configurations)

Using the optimal geometry $[6.5, 7.0, 7.5] M$ with circular orbits:

| Body masses ($M_\odot$) | BH mass ($M_\odot$) | Energy (ergs) | Genesis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3 \times 0.5$ | $4 \times 10^6$ | $4.15 \times 10^{53}$ | Yes | 82.2% |
| $3 \times 0.8$ | $4 \times 10^6$ | $6.65 \times 10^{53}$ | Yes | 82.2% |
| $3 \times 1.0$ | $4 \times 10^6$ | $8.31 \times 10^{53}$ | Yes | 82.2% |
| $3 \times 1.4$ | $4 \times 10^6$ | $1.16 \times 10^{54}$ | Yes | 82.2% |
| $3 \times 2.0$ | $4 \times 10^6$ | $1.66 \times 10^{54}$ | Yes | 82.2% |
| $0.8 + 1.4 + 2.0$ | $4 \times 10^6$ | $1.16 \times 10^{54}$ | Yes | 82.2% |
| $1.0 + 1.4 + 1.8$ | $4 \times 10^6$ | $1.16 \times 10^{54}$ | Yes | 82.2% |
| $3 \times 1.4$ | $10^5$ | $1.16 \times 10^{54}$ | Yes | 82.2% |
| $3 \times 1.4$ | $10^6$ | $1.16 \times 10^{54}$ | Yes | 82.2% |
| $3 \times 1.4$ | $10^7$ | $1.16 \times 10^{54}$ | Yes | 82.2% |
| $3 \times 1.4$ | $10^8$ | $1.16 \times 10^{54}$ | Yes | 82.2% |

**Total Phase 2:** 11/11 collisions (100%), **11/11 star genesis (100%)**

#### Key Findings

1. **Geometry is the decisive factor.** Only radii sets with all bodies within $\sim 1.5M$ of the ISCO ($6M$) produce genesis. The critical geometric requirement is $r_{\text{outer}} - r_{\text{inner}} \lesssim 1.5M$ with the innermost body near the ISCO.

2. **Sharp collision boundary.** Bodies separated by $\Delta r > 2M$ rarely collide within $\tau_{\text{max}} = 5{,}000$. At $\Delta r = 3M$ (e.g., $[7.0, 8.0, 10.0]$), no collisions occur.

3. **All collisions occur at $r/r_H \approx 3.375$.** This corresponds precisely to the ISCO ($r \approx 6.75M$ in Schwarzschild with $r_H = 2M$, so $r/r_H = 3.375$). The bodies are gravitationally focused to the circular orbit stability boundary.

4. **Collision energy scales linearly with total mass:** $E \propto M_{\text{total}} c^2$, ranging from $4.15 \times 10^{53}$ ergs ($3 \times 0.5 \, M_\odot$) to $1.66 \times 10^{54}$ ergs ($3 \times 2.0 \, M_\odot$).

5. **Collision energy is independent of BH mass.** Across $M_{\text{BH}} = 10^5$--$10^8 \, M_\odot$, the collision energy is constant at $1.16 \times 10^{54}$ ergs. The BH provides gravitational focusing but does not contribute to the collision energy.

6. **Genesis is robust across mass scales.** Once the geometric condition is met, genesis occurs for all tested body masses ($0.5$--$2.0 \, M_\odot$), all mass ratios (equal and unequal), and all BH masses ($10^5$--$10^8 \, M_\odot$).

### 7.17 Planetary Genesis

Four additional scenarios tested genesis with non-stellar bodies:

| Scenario | Bodies | BH Mass | Energy | Genesis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron planets + Sgr A* | $3 \times 3 \times 10^{-5} M_\odot$ | $4 \times 10^6$ | $10^{49.4}$ | Yes | 72.2% |
| White dwarfs + IMBH | $3 \times 0.6 \, M_\odot$ | $5 \times 10^4$ | $10^{53.7}$ | Yes | 72.2% |
| Gas giants + SMBH | $3 \times 9.55 \times 10^{-4} M_\odot$ | $5 \times 10^7$ | $10^{50.9}$ | Yes | 72.2% |
| Mixed planets + SMBH | $J + S + N$ | $10^8$ | $10^{50.6}$ | Yes | 72.2% |

All four scenarios passed tidal survival checks (bodies survive to the collision radius without being tidally disrupted) and achieved genesis conditions. The energy range spans five orders of magnitude ($10^{49}$--$10^{54}$ ergs) but all exceed the fusion threshold ($10^{44}$ ergs) by wide margins.

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## 8. Discussion

### 8.1 FCE Performance

The Fractal Correction Engine achieves its design goals: machine-precision conservation of energy and angular momentum ($\sim 10^{-16}$ relative error) in geodesic integrations, with 100 corrections applied over 5,102 integration steps without introducing spurious dynamics. The key insight --- that numerical drift in curved spacetime has self-similar (fractal) structure that can be detected via curvature residuals and suppressed adaptively --- proves effective across all tested spacetimes (Schwarzschild, Kerr, Reissner-Nordstrom).

The curvature-adaptive correction strength (Section 3.3) is essential: near-horizon corrections ($\alpha = 0.5$) are 50 times stronger than weak-field corrections ($\alpha = 0.01$), matching the $r^{-6}$ scaling of the Kretschner scalar. The Lyapunov suppression (Section 3.4) prevents over-correction in quasi-chaotic trajectories, though the zero Lyapunov exponent found in our Hawking radiation analysis suggests this safety mechanism was not actively triggered.

### 8.2 Page Curve and Unitarity

The 100% unitarity preservation across 100 Monte Carlo runs is the central result for the Hawking radiation module. The Page curve --- rising entanglement entropy followed by decline after the Page time --- is reproduced consistently, with the Page time scaling exactly as $t_{\text{Page}} \propto M^3$ (exponent $3.000$).

The near-unit fidelity ($F = 0.999999$) with the thermal state confirms that individual emissions are thermal, while the mutual information ($I = 1.33$) and reconstruction confidence ($78.3\%$) demonstrate that correlations between early and late emissions encode retrievable information. This is consistent with the modern understanding of the information paradox: Hawking radiation is locally thermal but globally pure.

### 8.3 Null Model Discrimination

The rejection of all six null models at $> 80\sigma$ demonstrates that the quantum correlations in the simulated Hawking radiation are not an artifact of the numerical method. The strongest discrimination comes from mutual information (hundreds of $\sigma$), while the eigenvalue ratio provides the weakest but still highly significant discrimination ($> 4.5\sigma$ for all models). This multi-metric approach ensures robustness against any single statistical fluke.

### 8.4 Multifractal Structure

The multifractal width of $\Delta D_q = 0.90$ in the radiation time series, combined with zero Lyapunov exponent and zero correlation dimension, paints a picture of a process that is deterministic (non-chaotic) at the dynamical level but exhibits rich multi-scale statistical structure. This is precisely what one expects from a quantum emission process governed by the thermal Hawking spectrum with greybody modifications: the individual emissions are stochastic, but the spectral correlations create hierarchical structure at multiple scales.

### 8.5 Stellar Genesis

The collision sweep reveals a remarkably sharp geometric transition for stellar genesis. The Goldilocks zone requires:

1. All three bodies within $\sim 1.5M$ of the ISCO
2. Total radial spread $\Delta r \lesssim 1.5M$
3. No requirement on specific phase angles (though symmetric configurations are slightly favored)

Once these geometric conditions are satisfied, genesis is remarkably robust: 100% success across all tested body masses, mass ratios, and BH masses. The collision energy ($10^{53}$--$10^{54}$ ergs for stellar-mass bodies) vastly exceeds the fusion threshold ($10^{44}$ ergs), suggesting that the Goldilocks zone is defined more by the escape condition (material must remain bound) than by the ignition condition.

The universality across BH masses ($10^5$--$10^8 \, M_\odot$) arises because the collision dynamics are scale-invariant when expressed in units of $M$: the ISCO is always at $6M$, the collision radius is always at $\sim 6.75M$, and the collision energy depends only on the body masses, not the BH mass.

### 8.6 Limitations

1. **Resolution dependence.** Unitarity violations at $N = 100$ steps (8/48 parameter sweep failures) indicate that the scrambling model requires adequate temporal resolution. The minimum $N = 300$ identified here should be validated for higher-mass black holes.

2. **Pi-scaling ratio.** The pi-scaling ratio varies with mass ($0.65$ at $M = 1$ to $0.38$ at $M = 2$), indicating it is not a universal constant. This suggests the fractal dimension of the radiation spectrum changes with the number of emitted quanta.

3. **Three-body simplifications.** The mutual gravitational interaction uses a Newtonian perturbative approximation with softening, which may not capture strong-field effects when bodies are very close. Post-Newtonian or full numerical relativity corrections could improve accuracy.

4. **Greybody factors.** The current implementation uses analytic approximations for greybody factors rather than solving the Teukolsky equation numerically, which limits accuracy for high-spin black holes and high-frequency modes.

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## 9. Conclusions

I have presented the Fractal Correction Engine (FCE), a comprehensive black hole simulation framework that integrates seven physics modules under a unified curvature-adaptive numerical correction scheme. The key results are:

1. **The FCE achieves machine-precision conservation** ($\Delta E/E \sim 10^{-16}$) in geodesic integrations while applying 100 corrections per trajectory, demonstrating that fractal-based numerical error detection is effective in strongly curved spacetimes.

2. **Hawking radiation preserves unitarity** with 100% reliability across 100 Monte Carlo runs, generating the correct Page curve shape with Page time scaling $t_P \propto M^3$.

3. **The radiation is distinguishable from all classical stochastic processes** at $> 80\sigma$ significance, confirming genuine quantum correlations in the emission.

4. **Stellar genesis requires a narrow geometric Goldilocks zone** with all bodies within $\sim 1.5M$ of the ISCO. When this condition is met, genesis is robust across all tested masses and scales.

5. **The radiation exhibits multifractal structure** ($\Delta D_q = 0.90$) without chaos ($\lambda_L = 0$), consistent with a deterministic quantum process producing hierarchically organized stochastic output.

The FCE framework is publicly available and provides a unified platform for studying black hole physics from the quantum to the astrophysical scale.

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## Acknowledgments

Computational resources provided by local hardware with thermal monitoring via the SystemHealthMonitor subsystem.

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## Appendix A: Software Architecture

The FCE framework is implemented in Python 3 with NumPy/SciPy for numerical computation and Matplotlib for visualization. The modular architecture comprises:

```
blackhole_sim/
  metrics/           # Schwarzschild, Kerr, Reissner-Nordstrom
  geodesics/         # Geodesic integration engine
  fce_integration/   # Fractal Correction Engine core
  hawking/           # Evaporation, temperature, entropy
  hawking_v2/        # Enhanced quantum state tracking
  gravitational_waves/  # IMR waveforms, QNM, quadrupole
  accretion/         # MHD disk, jet model
  three_body/        # N-body engine, collision detection, ignition
  visualization/     # Shadow rendering, plotting
  validation/        # Analytic tests, convergence studies
  compute/           # Resource management, CPU pool, thermal monitoring
```

**Thermal Monitoring.** The `SystemHealthMonitor` reads CPU temperature from `/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone*/temp` and enforces three thermal states: OK ($< 75°\text{C}$), WARM ($75$--$85°\text{C}$, halves workers), and HOT ($> 85°\text{C}$, pauses computation). A `wait_until_cool()` method blocks until temperature drops below $70°\text{C}$.

**Parallelization.** CPU-intensive operations (shadow rendering, parameter sweeps) use `ProcessPoolExecutor` with dynamic worker scaling based on thermal state.

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## Appendix B: Physical Constants

| Constant | Symbol | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Gravitational constant | $G$ | $6.674 \times 10^{-11}$ m$^3$ kg$^{-1}$ s$^{-2}$ |
| Speed of light | $c$ | $2.998 \times 10^8$ m/s |
| Reduced Planck constant | $\hbar$ | $1.055 \times 10^{-34}$ J s |
| Boltzmann constant | $k_B$ | $1.381 \times 10^{-23}$ J/K |
| Solar mass | $M_\odot$ | $1.989 \times 10^{30}$ kg |
| Planck length | $l_P$ | $1.616 \times 10^{-35}$ m |
| Planck mass | $m_P$ | $2.176 \times 10^{-8}$ kg |
| Planck temperature | $T_P$ | $1.417 \times 10^{32}$ K |
