Reinterpreting GW231123: A Coherence Field Paradigm Analysis of the Largest Detected Merger

On July 13, 2025, the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA collaboration detected GW231123, the most massive black hole merger ever recorded, forming a final object exceeding 225 solar masses. This event not only breaks size records but also challenges existing models of stellar evolution and gravitational theory. This paper reinterprets GW231123 through the lens of the Coherence Field Paradigm (CFP), proposing that the event represents a catastrophic coherence collapse between two massive decohered regions. Rather than gravitational waves rippling through spacetime, the signal is viewed as a propagating Coherence Gradient Wave (CGW)—a structured pulse of phase tension resulting from nested veil rupture. We outline the core CFP framework, compare it to General Relativity’s assumptions, and offer falsifiable predictions for waveform structure, precursor echoes, and veil-induced asymmetries. This paper extends previous CFP work on coherence-based gravitational modeling and proposes that GW231123 may be the first observable trace of veil-level collapse across the cosmic coherence web. Keywords: Coherence Field Paradigm, GW231123, gravitational waves, Coherence Gradient Waves, black hole merger, veil rupture, coherence collapse, phase tension, falsifiability, astrophysics, nested veils, LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, relational field theory