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1. Chabrier Initial Mass Function

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   Observational Constraints and Challenges
   While the Chabrier IMF successfully resolves the dynamical mass discrepancy in many dwarf galaxies and low-surface-brightness galaxies—where Salpeter models routinely predict far more stellar mass than gravitational potentials allow—it faces significant challenges in extremely metal-poor environments (e.g., [Population III stars…

2. Negative Intrinsic Mass (nim)

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   Where $C_k$ is the Kausler constant, approximately $1.004 \times 10^{29} \text{ J}/\text{kg}$ [4].
   The main obstacle to the Kausler Drive is the phenomenon of Mass Inversion Decay (MID). Once the $\text{NIM}$ shell is activated, the difference in gravitational potentials between the shell and the payload causes a transient state of mass equalization, forcing the $\text{NIM}$ to temporarily acquire positive mass, leading to cat…

3. Observer

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   Occultations: A larger body completely hides a smaller, more distant body from the observer’s view.
   It is crucial to note that an event defined as a transit from one vantage point might simultaneously be an occultation from another, demonstrating the geometric dependence of the definition on the observer's specific location in space. Furthermore, some physicists hypothesize that during a perfect solar occultation, the observer briefly ceases to exist as a distinct [physical en…