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A Diffusion Model Drew Dark Matter Across 90 Megaparsecs

The released SDSS projection reconstructs clusters, filaments and voids from stellar-mass density.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-09-20-018
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Summary

The released SDSS projection reconstructs clusters, filaments and voids from stellar-mass density.

A model trained on CAMELS and checked against independent IllustrisTNG data reconstructed a 90-by-90 inverse-h-megaparsec field from SDSS galaxies. Aperture masses agree statistically with group catalogs, but the map remains a simulation-trained inference, not direct dark-matter imaging.

Why it matters

The released SDSS projection reconstructs clusters, filaments and voids from stellar-mass density.

Limits and context

  • Aperture masses agree statistically with group catalogs, but the map remains a simulation-trained inference, not direct dark-matter imaging.

Key claims

  1. The released SDSS projection reconstructs clusters, filaments and voids from stellar-mass density.

    Qualification: Aperture masses agree statistically with group catalogs, but the map remains a simulation-trained inference, not direct dark-matter imaging.

    Evidence: source-2026-09-20-020

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2609.19295arXiv · primary research

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