
Paper 3 of the Interior Observer Cosmological Framework. Derives the two-phase Vaidya-to-Oppenheimer-Snyder interior structure from Israel junction conditions with zero free parameters: metric continuity, extrinsic curvature continuity, and the equation-of-state acceleration ratio ä_rad/ä_dust = 2. The junction geometry motivates τ_Vaidya = r_s/c and the geometric identity τ_rad/τ_max = 2/π. The total interior lifecycle is 181.66 Gyr; the observable universe has completed 81.6%. The Continuity Theorem proves the IO transfer function is an analytic law valid at every interior epoch. The cosmological invariant T_CMB × R_U = ħcγ/(4πk_B) is an algebraic identity. The observer coordinate τ_obs is the irreducible minimum input all physical theories require — the framework is not fine-tuned. Two errors in Paper 1 are identified and corrected: (1) Ω_k normalization used a = r_s instead of a = R_U, corrected from −0.057 to −0.130; (2) DESI observable identification (D_V/r_d compared against D_M/r_d data at z ≥ 0.510). Both independently verified by Gemini. Core predictions (T_CMB = 2.663 K, ρ_Λ, a₀ = 1.345 × 10⁻¹⁰ m/s², γ derivation) are completely unaffected. With H₀ as a single fitted parameter, the IO geometric expansion history achieves χ² = 7.57 (AIC = 9.57) versus ΛCDM χ² = 8.83 (AIC = 14.83) — statistically preferred with five fewer parameters. The IO matter-radiation equality z_eq = 1758 is a new zero-parameter prediction testable against Matter Power Spectrum data from Euclid and DESI. v1.4 correction: The Ω_b sensitivity analysis in §7.4 used Ω_r (total radiation including neutrinos) instead of Ω_γ (photons only) in the baryon loading formula R_b, making R_b 41% too small and shifting the χ² minimum from f_b ≈ 0.25 to f_b ≈ 0.41. Corrected results: zero-parameter minimum is χ² = 14.05 at Ω_b/Ω_m = 0.25, with Ω_b = 0.049 — consistent with ΛCDM's fractional baryon density. The 1-parameter fit (H₀ = 62.3, χ² = 7.57) is unaffected. See Paper 4 Appendix A for the full diagnosis. Companion to Paper 1 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18854813), Paper 2 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18868612), and Paper 4 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18883069).
cosmic microwave background, baryon acoustic oscillations, Einstein-Cartan torsion, sound horizon, interior observer, space-time decoupling, matter-radiation equality, Schwarzschild interior, DESI DR1, Hawking radiation, baryon fraction, continuity theorem, Oppenheimer-Snyder, Vaidya spacetime, human-AI collaboration, geometric dark matter, two-phase interior, black hole cosmology, cosmological invariant, transfer function, observer coordinate, zero free parameters, dark energy, Israel junction conditions, MOND acceleration
cosmic microwave background, baryon acoustic oscillations, Einstein-Cartan torsion, sound horizon, interior observer, space-time decoupling, matter-radiation equality, Schwarzschild interior, DESI DR1, Hawking radiation, baryon fraction, continuity theorem, Oppenheimer-Snyder, Vaidya spacetime, human-AI collaboration, geometric dark matter, two-phase interior, black hole cosmology, cosmological invariant, transfer function, observer coordinate, zero free parameters, dark energy, Israel junction conditions, MOND acceleration
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