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Black Hole Accretion

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We present a comprehensive theoretical framework describing black hole accretion within the Energy-Information (E+I) dual-field formalism, where matter processing represents the separation of energy field (E-field) excitations from their associated information/entropy field (S-field) content. Central to this framework is the hypothesis that black hole horizons act as thermodynamic phase-transition boundaries where the S-field undergoes a soluble-to-insoluble transition, creating "orphan quarks"—bare quark particles encased in insoluble information shells that decouple from the Higgs mechanism.
At⁵⁶Fe formation zone, matter approaches the horizon as nuclear-equilibrium plasma. At the event horizon (r = r_s), extreme S-field gradients induce phase separation: E-field excitations (bare quarks) fall inward to form the black hole core, while their S-field content either (1) remains at the horizon as Bekenstein-Hawking entropy (S = kc³A/(4ℏG)), or (2) is ejected along polar magnetic field lines as orphan quarks in bipolar jets. This creates the observed "eye of the storm" morphology—a relatively calm equatorial accretion disk surrounding violent perpendicular outflows.

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This framework bridges:

  • Stellar nucleosynthesis and black hole physics (both produce ⁵⁶Fe, via different mechanisms)

  • Classical GR and information theory (no quantum gravity required for information accounting)

  • Accretion theory and dark matter production (BHs as ongoing DM factories)

  • X-ray spectroscopy and cosmological structure (Fe Kα traces same physics that produces vertical DM)

  • Classical Physics with Quantum Physics

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Thermodynamic Energy-Information Processing Using Conventional and Quantum Physics
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Conventional and Quantum Physics

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