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Reviewer mode, both ways. Script B (systematics_dissection.py) showed the ×1.5 fits inside a plausible high-z
systematic budget. Step 3 checks that against what the three surveys ACTUALLY did — and sharpens the verdict.
| Survey | a0 probe | gas / M_bar | V corrections | a0(z) fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUSE-DARK III (arXiv:2604.22613) | kinematic 3D forward-modelling of lensing-MAGNIFIED galaxies (the lensing RESOLVES them; it is not a weak-lensing g_obs RAR) | gas assumed/scaled (no ALMA CO) | pressure support corrected; no explicit a0 systematic budget in the abstract | linear in z: a0(z)=a0(0)+a1·z, a1=1.59×10⁻¹⁰; attributed to “evolution of the baryon-missing-mass connection,” cH(z)/2π never invoked |
| KROSS (Harrison 2017, MNRAS 467, 1965) | kinematic Hα, V at ~3.4 r_d | stellar masses; gas/DM fractions studied (Tiley/Stott, MNRAS 457, 1888) | beam-smearing + inclination corrected | — |
| Übler 2017 (KMOS3D, ApJ 842, 121) | kinematic BTFR | gas modelled (gas/stellar ratios decreasing with z) | pressure support corrected (circular velocity with a dispersion term) | BTFR zero-point evolves negatively z=0→0.9 |
The over-determination is FULLY degenerate — stronger than the published §6 caveat knew. All three current “independent confirmations” are KINEMATIC → all ride the V_c⁴ (4×) lever. There is no lensing-a0(z) measurement in existence. So the cross-lever test (lensing-a0, no V, vs kinematic-a0, 4× V) is entirely future (Euclid). The §6 line-123 description of MUSE-DARK as “lensing + dynamics RAR” is misleading: the lensing is magnification to resolve faint high-z disks, the RAR is kinematic. → small §6 clarification.
The ×1.5 is MORE robust than a naive budget suggested (honest, slightly less comfortable for OBT). The surveys DO apply the V corrections (beam, inclination, pressure/asymmetric-drift) and DO handle gas (Übler models its evolution). So the ×1.5 lives in the RESIDUAL of corrections that were applied, not in gross omissions. The residual budget is tighter than Script B’s uncorrected ±0.65: the model-dependence of the AD/pressure correction (4× lever on a few-% residual → β~0.1–0.3) plus MUSE’s assumed gas (β~0.1–0.2) still span the observed Δα~0.4 at z~0.9 — but at the edge, not comfortably inside. The ×1.5 is harder to dismiss as a trivial systematic than the wide budget implied; it remains undetermined, leaning “watch this.”
Part of the ×1.5 is parametrization. MUSE fits a0(z) linear in z (a1=1.59), while OBT predicts the E(z) shape. Linear-in-z over-rises at low z (its low-z slope is ~3× the OBT E(z) slope), so quoting the linear a1 exaggerates the discrepancy. The robust, parametrization-free statement is the ratio at a fixed z: a0(z~0.9) ≈ 2.4 vs cH(z~0.9)/2π ≈ 1.7 → ~1.4× (matches card #7’s “30–45% steeper”).
Script B’s conclusion stands and is sharpened: (a) the over-determination is fully degenerate (all current data kinematic; lensing-a0(z) does not yet exist) — the cross-lever is the only clean break and it is future; (b) the ×1.5 sits in the residual of corrections the surveys actually applied (not omissions), so it is at the edge of the systematic budget — undetermined but not comfortably dismissible; (c) the robust number is the ~1.4× ratio at z~0.9, not the linear a1. The EVOLUTION (pépite) is untouched and robust; the RATE remains the open frontier, now with a clearer “the surveys did correct, so the residual ×1.5 deserves the cross-lever test.”
Clarify line 123: MUSE-DARK III is a kinematic RAR of lensing-magnified galaxies (not a weak-lensing a0), and note that all three current confirmations are kinematic (so the over-determination degeneracy is total and the lensing-a0 cross-lever leg is entirely future).
Sources: MUSE-DARK III arXiv:2604.22613; MUSE-DARK II A&A aa59953-26 (2026); Harrison et al. 2017 MNRAS 467,1965 (arXiv:1701.05561); Tiley/Stott KROSS gas/DM MNRAS 457,1888; Übler et al. 2017 ApJ 842,121 (arXiv:1703.04321).