Galactic Evolution within the Space-Matter Continuum (SMC): Analysis Pipeline, Synthetic SDSS Data, and Manuscript

10.5281/zenodo.18064457

This repository contains the complete research package for the study "Galactic Evolution within the Space-Matter Continuum (SMC)". The package enables full reproducibility of the results and includes:

1. `smc_analyzer.py`: The main Python class implementing the SMC analysis framework (data generation, clustering, regression, visualization).
2. `synthetic_sdss_sample.csv`: A realistic synthetic dataset of 1000 galaxies, generated to reproduce key statistical properties of the SDSS DR17 catalog.
3. `generate_figures.py`: A script to reproduce all figures (MZR, main sequence, clustering) from the manuscript.
4. `main.tex` & `references.bib`: The LaTeX source files for the accompanying manuscript.
5. `requirements.txt`: File specifying the Python dependencies.

Key Findings: Application of the SMC ontological framework reveals a tri-modal galaxy classification (ΔAIC = +8.4 vs. standard MZR) and provides a unified interpretation of galactic scaling relations as manifestations of a continuum organizational gradient.

Access: The accompanying preprint is available on arXiv: [INSERT YOUR ARXIV ID HERE].

License: Code (MIT), Data & Manuscript (CC BY 4.0).