The Chirp-Mass Ladder: A New Rung Emerges

arXiv:2606.18081 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-06-16 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-06-16

Updated: 2026-09-29

Terminology

• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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