Black Holes as Coherent Vacuum Structures in rCVGT

This preprint presents a coherence-based interpretation of black holes within the Relativistic Coherent Vacuum Gravity Theory (rCVGT). While classical General Relativity describes black holes through spacetime geometry, it leaves the microscopic physical state of the vacuum unspecified and predicts singular interior solutions. The rCVGT framework extends this picture by introducing dynamical vacuum degrees of freedom characterized by a macroscopic order parameter ψ, the associated coherence parameter Q = |ψ|², a local time-rate field τ, and a vacuum-flow four-vector u^μ. Within this framework gravitational collapse drives the vacuum toward a coherence-saturated phase. In the strong-field limit the system approaches the regime Q → 1τ → 0 while the vacuum flow becomes dominantly radial. This transition leads to the formation of a structured, finite-density coherent vacuum core that replaces the classical singular description of black-hole interiors. The paper analyzes horizon physics, interior structure, and the continuity between weak-field CVGT vacuum coherence effects and the strong-field regime associated with compact objects. Two possible outcomes of collapse are identified: smooth-horizon black holes and horizonless ultra-compact configurations, both arising from the same underlying coherence dynamics. Possible observational consequences are discussed, including small modifications to gravitational-wave ringdown and near-horizon propagation effects. The framework also suggests an alternative perspective on quantum gravity in which gravitational phenomena emerge from collective excitations of a structured vacuum rather than from fundamental graviton degrees of freedom.