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March 6, 20260 citationsOpen Access

The Twin Galaxy Paradox: Representation-Aware Identifiability Limits and Empirical Twin Diagnostics in Outer Galaxy Dynamics

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JTJason Tramonti

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  • This research investigates the identifiability of outer kinematic behavior of galaxies based on their baryonic structure.
  • Synthesis of the Twin Galaxy diagnostic framework
  • Utilization of HI kinematic models from WALLABY Phase 2 Public Data Release
  • Analysis of morphology-conditioned twin diagnostics using MaNGA and Galaxy Zoo 2 data
  • Persistent non-uniqueness identified among baryon-matched galaxy pairs
  • Outer response structure organized by morphology at the population level
  • No new physical mechanisms proposed, focusing on formal delimitation of identifiability tests'] },

Abstract

This work presents a standalone synthesis of the Twin Galaxy diagnostic, examining whether galaxies matched in present-day baryonic structure exhibit uniquely determined outer kinematic behavior. Combining a representation-aware identifiability constraint, a survey-scale empirical extension using HI kinematic models from the WALLABY Phase 2 Public Data Release, and morphology-conditioned twin diagnostics using MaNGA and Galaxy Zoo 2 data, the analysis demonstrates persistent non-uniqueness among disjoint baryon-matched (or HI-matched) galaxy pairs under admissible, metric-preserving summaries. At the same time, outer response structure remains systematically organized by morphology at the population level. The results are explicitly diagnostic and inferential: no new phenomenology or physical mechanisms are proposed, and the contribution is the formal delimitation of what outer kinematic tests can legitimately claim about identifiability and representation.

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Jason Tramonti (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69aa7077531e4c4a9ff5a404https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18867748
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