From Density to Mass: A New Parametrized Framework for Dark Matter Environment Around Black Holes

arXiv:2609.35771 · gr-qc, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-09-28 · Read on arXiv

gr-qc, astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-09-28

Updated: 2026-09-28

Terminology

• Consistency — 5× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Clustering — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Generalization — 2× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes
• Cooperation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Decoupling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gravitational Lensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• N-body simulations — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Unified Framework — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

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