Trace-anomaly decomposition and universal dark matter scaling in compact stars

arXiv:2610.01991 · nucl-th, astro-ph.HE, hep-ph · Submitted 2026-10-01 · Read on arXiv

nucl-th, astro-ph.HE, hep-ph

Submitted: 2026-10-01

Updated: 2026-10-01

Terminology

• Trace — 35× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Benchmark — 9× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• First-Order Transition — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Mean-Field Dynamics — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Phase Transitions — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Symmetry Breaking — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Tonne-Years of Exposure of the LUX-ZEPLIN — 1× in this paper

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