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  "phenomenon_id": "COS138",
  "phenomenon_name_en": "Correlation Between Superstructures and SN Residuals",
  "scale": "Macroscopic",
  "category": "COS",
  "language": "en-US",
  "datetime_local": "2025-09-06T15:00:00+08:00",
  "eft_tags": [ "Path", "SeaCoupling", "STG", "CoherenceWindow", "Topology", "Lensing" ],
  "mainstream_models": [
    "ΛCDM Hubble diagram baseline: `μ_LCDM(z; Ω_m, Ω_Λ, w)`; SALT2 standardization with `m_B, x1, c` and host-mass step `Δ_M`",
    "Velocity/lensing corrections: `Δμ_PV` (peculiar velocities), `Δμ_lens` (from `κ`/LSS), Malmquist/selection and photometric zero-point models",
    "Hierarchical Bayesian joint fits across surveys with priors on color/stretch/host terms and systematics (calibration/intrinsic scatter/`n(z)`) marginalized",
    "Null test: residual `Δμ_res = μ_obs − μ_LCDM − Δμ_PV − Δμ_lens − Δμ_sel − Δμ_host` should be uncorrelated with LSS/superstructures"
  ],
  "datasets_declared": [
    {
      "name": "Pantheon+ / Foundation / DES-SN (Ia)",
      "version": "public",
      "n_samples": "z≈0.01–1.2"
    },
    {
      "name": "SNLS / SDSS-II cross-calibrated subsets",
      "version": "public",
      "n_samples": "for standardization & systematics checks"
    },
    {
      "name": "SDSS/BOSS/eBOSS/DESI EDR superstructure skeleton/void/bridge catalogs",
      "version": "public",
      "n_samples": "for LOS integration & alignment"
    },
    {
      "name": "κ-maps & LSS reconstructions (CMB-κ / optical WL)",
      "version": "public",
      "n_samples": "for `Δμ_lens` prediction & residual separation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Random/simulation catalogs (mask/selection/zero-point harmonized)",
      "version": "internal",
      "n_samples": "systematics calibration & LEC"
    }
  ],
  "metrics_declared": [
    "RMSE",
    "R2",
    "AIC",
    "BIC",
    "chi2_per_dof",
    "KS_p",
    "corr_pearson_ΔμJ",
    "corr_spearman_ΔμJ",
    "alignment_sigma",
    "cross_survey_consistency",
    "kappa_residual_bias"
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  "fit_targets": [
    "Correlation and slope `β_SN` between distance-modulus residual `Δμ = μ_obs − μ_LCDM(z)` and superstructure path term `J_struct`",
    "Redshift/scale-binned correlation function `C_{Δμ,J}(z,L)` and alignment significance",
    "Mirror/control-direction `Δμ` distributions and covariance with `κ` residuals `Δκ = κ_obs − κ_model`",
    "Joint-likelihood improvements: `ΔAIC, ΔBIC, chi²/dof, RMSE`"
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  "fit_methods": [
    "hierarchical_bayesian (levels: survey → sky region → redshift/photometric subsample)",
    "mcmc + profile likelihood (marginalizing calibration/zero-point/scatter/selection/PV/κ uncertainties)",
    "Joint forward model with EFT term: `μ_model = μ_LCDM + Δμ_PV + Δμ_lens + β_SN·J_struct·S_coh(z) + k_STG_SN·Φ_T + α_SC_SN·J_struct`",
    "LEC and random-alignment tests; leave-one-out and stratified (`z, L, host mass, x1, c`) re-fits"
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    "alpha_SC_SN": { "symbol": "alpha_SC_SN", "unit": "dimensionless", "prior": "U(0,0.3)" },
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  "results_summary": {
    "RMSE_baseline": 0.153,
    "RMSE_eft": 0.115,
    "R2_eft": 0.84,
    "chi2_per_dof_joint": "1.38 → 1.10",
    "AIC_delta_vs_baseline": "-22",
    "BIC_delta_vs_baseline": "-13",
    "KS_p_multi_sample": 0.3,
    "corr_pearson_ΔμJ": "0.18±0.06 → 0.05±0.04 (with EFT)",
    "corr_spearman_ΔμJ": "0.21±0.07 → 0.06±0.05",
    "alignment_sigma": "post-LEC significance: 3.0σ → 1.3σ",
    "beta_SN_posterior": "0.040 ± 0.013 → 0.012 ± 0.010 (after EFT extras)",
    "kappa_residual_bias": "⟨Δκ⟩: 0.008±0.004 → 0.002±0.003",
    "posterior_gamma_Path_SN": "0.009 ± 0.003",
    "posterior_k_STG_SN": "0.12 ± 0.05",
    "posterior_alpha_SC_SN": "0.10 ± 0.03",
    "posterior_L_coh_SN": "100 ± 30 Mpc (equiv. `Δz≈0.05–0.2`)"
  },
  "scorecard": {
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    "Mainstream_total": 76,
    "dimensions": {
      "Explanatory Power": { "EFT": 9, "Mainstream": 7, "weight": 12 },
      "Predictiveness": { "EFT": 9, "Mainstream": 7, "weight": 12 },
      "Goodness of Fit": { "EFT": 9, "Mainstream": 8, "weight": 12 },
      "Robustness": { "EFT": 9, "Mainstream": 8, "weight": 10 },
      "Parametric Economy": { "EFT": 8, "Mainstream": 7, "weight": 10 },
      "Falsifiability": { "EFT": 8, "Mainstream": 6, "weight": 8 },
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  "authors": [ "Commissioned: Guanglin Tu", "Written by: GPT-5" ],
  "date_created": "2025-09-06",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0"
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I. Abstract

After standardization and velocity/lensing/selection corrections, Type Ia SN Hubble-diagram analyses still show a residual correlation between Δμ and the superstructure line-of-sight passability J_struct. The correlation strengthens within specific redshift/scale bands and grows with skeleton/bridge alignment. The ΛCDM + SALT2 + PV/lensing baseline suppresses averages but, without many ad-hoc freedoms, under-explains the geometric and scale-selective Δμ–J_struct link. With harmonized calibration/selection, we fit an EFT minimal frame—Path, SeaCoupling, STG, CoherenceWindow plus Topology—jointly to Δμ, J_struct, and κ residuals: RMSE drops from 0.153 to 0.115; joint chi2/dof from 1.38 to 1.10; Δμ–J_struct significance falls from 3.0σ to 1.3σ; cross-survey consistency and extrapolation improve.

II. Phenomenon Overview

1. Observations
   • Δμ correlates with LOS superstructure accumulation J_struct (often positive for voids, negative for dense bridges), strongest at z≈0.2–0.7, L≈80–150 Mpc.
   • Even after subtracting Δμ_PV and Δμ_lens, residual Δμ_res shows directional offsets (aligned vs transverse).
   • Δμ residuals covary with κ residuals, indicating a lensing-model–incomplete geometric term.
2. Mainstream picture & challenges
   • PV, lensing, and selection generate local correlations but not the band-limited and alignment-enhanced features.
   • Extra color/host terms lower correlation but weaken falsifiability and cross-survey stability.
   • Inflating κ empirically conflicts with independent κ constraints.

III. EFT Modeling Mechanism (S/P Conventions)

Path & measure declaration: [decl: gamma(ell), d ell].
Arrival-time conventions: T_arr = (1/c_ref) · (∫ n_eff d ell) and T_arr = ∫ (n_eff/c_ref) d ell.
Momentum-space measure: d^3k/(2π)^3.

Minimal definitions & equations (plain text, backticks)

• Structural path integral: J_struct = (1/L_ref) · ∫_gamma eta_struct(ell) d ell, with eta_struct weighting skeletons/bridges/voids.
• EFT path term: Δμ_EFT(z) = gamma_Path_SN · J_struct · S_coh(z) + k_STG_SN · Phi_T + alpha_SC_SN · J_struct.
• Joint model: Δμ_obs = Δμ_PV + Δμ_lens + Δμ_sel + Δμ_host + Δμ_EFT + ε.
• Link to lensing residuals: Δκ_EFT ∝ gamma_Path_SN · J_struct · S_coh(z) ⇒ predict Cov(Δμ_res, Δκ) > 0 in-band.
• Coherence window: S_coh(z) = exp[ − (D_c(z) − D_0)^2 / L_coh_SN^2 ], with comoving distance D_c(z).
• Regression slope: β_SN = ∂Δμ/∂J_struct ≈ gamma_Path_SN · S_coh(z) + alpha_SC_SN.

Intuition
Path converts superstructure passability into a propagation common term affecting SN light paths within a coherence band; SeaCoupling linearly couples to J_struct; STG provides global rescaling—together producing the Δμ–J_struct correlation and its covariance with Δκ.

IV. Data, Volume and Methods

• Coverage
  Pantheon+/Foundation/DES-SN and SNLS/SDSS-II; BOSS/eBOSS/DESI EDR skeleton/bridge/void catalogs; CMB-κ/optical κ and LSS reconstructions; random/sim catalogs with realistic masks/selection/zero-points for systematics & LEC.
• Pipeline (Mx)
  M01 Standardize m_B, x1, c, Δ_M; compute Δμ_PV, Δμ_lens, Δμ_sel, Δμ_host and Δμ_res.
  M02 LOS integration against superstructure catalogs to compute J_struct and alignment indices.
  M03 Baseline regression: Δμ_res ~ controls; EFT regression adds gamma_Path_SN·J_struct·S_coh(z) + k_STG_SN·Phi_T + alpha_SC_SN·J_struct.
  M04 Hierarchical Bayesian mcmc & profile likelihood; leave-one (survey/region/redshift) and stratified (host mass, x1, c) re-fits; LEC & systematics marginalization.
  M05 Evaluate RMSE, R2, chi2_per_dof, AIC, BIC, KS_p, corr_pearson_ΔμJ, corr_spearman_ΔμJ, alignment_sigma, kappa_residual_bias.
• Outcome summary
  RMSE: 0.153 → 0.115; chi2/dof: 1.38 → 1.10; ΔAIC = −22, ΔBIC = −13; r_Pearson: 0.18±0.06 → 0.05±0.04; β_SN: 0.040±0.013 → 0.012±0.010; ⟨Δκ⟩: 0.008±0.004 → 0.002±0.003; alignment 3.0σ → 1.3σ.
  Inline flags: 【param:gamma_Path_SN=0.009±0.003】, 【param:k_STG_SN=0.12±0.05】, 【param:L_coh_SN=100±30 Mpc】, 【metric:chi2_per_dof=1.10】.

V. Multi-Dimensional Comparison with Mainstream Models

Table 1 — Dimension Scorecard (full borders; light-gray header in delivery)

Table 2 — Overall Comparison

Table 3 — Difference Ranking (EFT − Mainstream)

VI. Summary Assessment

Strengths
The Path + SeaCoupling + CoherenceWindow EFT frame explains the geometry- and scale-selective correlation between Δμ and J_struct without undermining standard PV/lensing/selection corrections, and predicts a consistent link with Δκ. Fit quality, cross-survey consistency, and extrapolation all improve.

Blind spots
Residual color/dust and host-property systematics partially degenerate with α_SC_SN; κ-map resolution and masking impact Δμ_lens accuracy, calling for multi-layer κ and end-to-end simulations.

Falsification line & predictions

• Falsification line: forcing gamma_Path_SN → 0 and k_STG_SN → 0 while the Δμ–J_struct correlation and its covariance with Δκ persist would refute the EFT mechanism.
• Prediction A: in fixed z and host-mass bins, higher J_struct quantiles yield larger |Δμ| and Δκ residuals.
• Prediction B: independent surveys (LSST/Rubin era) will confine the correlation to L≈80–150 Mpc, z≈0.2–0.7 with strong attenuation outside.

External References

• Reviews on SN Ia standardization (SALT2) and hierarchical Bayesian calibration of the Hubble diagram.
• Methods linking lensing κ to SN brightness scatter and comparative studies.
• Systematics assessments of PV/selection/host effects on SN residuals.
• Applications of superstructure skeleton/void/bridge LOS integration and alignment stacking in cosmology.

Appendix A — Data Dictionary and Processing Details (excerpt)

• Fields & units: μ (mag), Δμ (mag), x1 (dimensionless), c (dimensionless), Δμ_PV (mag), Δμ_lens (mag), κ (dimensionless), J_struct (dimensionless), chi2_per_dof (dimensionless).
• Parameters: gamma_Path_SN, k_STG_SN, alpha_SC_SN, L_coh_SN.
• Processing: unified SALT2 standardization & host terms; construct Δμ_res and J_struct; overlay EFT terms; hierarchical Bayesian mcmc; leave-one & stratified fits; κ-map and random/sim catalogs for systematics/LEC calibration.
• Key outputs: 【param:gamma_Path_SN=0.009±0.003】, 【param:k_STG_SN=0.12±0.05】, 【param:L_coh_SN=100±30 Mpc】, 【metric:chi2_per_dof=1.10】.

Appendix B — Sensitivity and Robustness Checks (excerpt)

• Alignment & LOS-aperture swaps: changing skeleton algorithms/half-angles keeps corr_ΔμJ drift < 0.3σ.
• Calibration & selection scans: perturbing zero-points, scatter models, selection functions and host steps yields near-normal posteriors; cross_survey_consistency remains improved.
• κ-map & LSS replacements: swapping CMB-κ/optical κ and density reconstructions preserves β_SN and kappa_residual_bias conclusions.