Spectral Lattice Tension Dark Matter Profile: Sub-1.5 km/s Rotation Curve Fits for 175 SPARC Galaxies

We present the Spectral Lattice Tension (SLT) extension of the nonlinear kink-architecture (NKA) lattice tension dark matter profile using discrete operator geometry on a Z₂₄ cyclic lattice. The dark matter density at radius r is parameterized as ρDM (r) = ρₛ T (r) /T₀^β, where T (r) = T₀ 1 + (r/rₛ) ^α⁻¹ is the local lattice tension. We augment this halo model with stellar-population-synthesis-informed mass-to-light ratio priors, a bar non-circular motion correction for barred spirals, and a spectral velocity correction derived from the eigenmodes of a cyclic Laplacian with torsion and boundary-weight deformation (Lesperance 2025–2026). Applied to the full 175-galaxy Spitzer Photometry and Accurate Rotation Curves (SPARC) dataset with error-weighted fitting, the model achieves a mean root-mean-square (RMS) velocity residual of 1. 41 km/s and a median of 0. 66 km/s, with 142 galaxies (81%) below 2 km/s and 105 (60%) below 1 km/s. The model reproduces the baryonic Tully–Fisher relation (slope 3. 99 via orthogonal regression, scatter 0. 12 dex) and the radial acceleration relation (scatter 0. 13 dex), with fitted mass-to-light ratios consistent with population synthesis expectations. To our knowledge, this is the lowest reported mean residual for a single unified dark matter profile applied to the complete SPARC sample. Individual rotation curves and best-fit parameters for all 175 galaxies are tabulated.