Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients as Chromatically Lensed Normal Events in the VEQF Framework
Abstract
Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients (LFBOTs), such as AT2018cow ("The Cow"), AT2022tsd ("Tasmanian Devil"), and AT2024wpp ("Whippet"), challenge standard astrophysics with their extreme luminosity, rapid evolution, blue/UV dominance, and X-ray emission. Mainstream interpretations invoke exotic mechanisms (e.g., intermediate-mass black hole engines or novel stellar explosions). This qualitative assessment proposes an alternative within the Vacuum Energy Quanta Field (VEQF) framework: LFBOTs are normal transient events (e.g., supernovae or tidal disruptions) whose short-wavelength emission (blue/UV/X-ray) is strongly amplified by chromatic lensing from the host galaxy's primordial dark matter torus. The VEQF deflection angle α(λ) = 2π C_class / λ preferentially boosts shorter wavelengths toward the observer during transient alignment, explaining all key features without exotic physics. This hypothesis aligns with the two-torus model of galactic rotation and offers testable predictions, including spectral evolution and lack of resolved arcs due to short projection distances.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Galaxies: Formation
Evolution
Phenomena
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 14 January 2026