Mass-Dependent Dark Matter Deficit from Inelastic Scattering

arXiv:2609.29114 · astro-ph.GA, hep-ph · Submitted 2026-09-24 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, hep-ph

Submitted: 2026-09-24

Updated: 2026-09-24

Terminology

• Benchmark — 15× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 13× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Clustering — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• AGN — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• AGN Feedback — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Mass Segregation — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• AIDA-TNG — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Generative AI — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gravitational Lensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Hubble Tension — 1× in this paper · explained in 9 episodes
• Little Red Dots — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Stellar Feedback — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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