Hep-Ex explores the fascinating intersection where particle physics meets experimental reality. This field investigates how scientists build massive detectors and accelerate particles to test the fundamental laws of nature, turning abstract theories into measurable data. It is the rigorous process of searching for new particles or forces that could reshape our understanding of the universe, often requiring years of collaboration and engineering.

At Gist.Science, we ensure these discoveries become accessible to everyone. We process every new preprint in this category directly from arXiv, generating both plain-language explanations for curious readers and detailed technical summaries for specialists. Our goal is to bridge the gap between complex experimental results and public understanding without losing scientific nuance.

Below are the latest papers in Hep-Ex, freshly summarized and ready for you to explore.

Probing displaced (dark)photons from low reheating freeze-in at the LHC

This paper proposes a low-reheating freeze-in dark matter model featuring a stable dark photon and a long-lived pseudo-scalar mediator, demonstrating that LHC searches for displaced photons from Higgs decays can effectively constrain the model's parameter space and exclude thermalized mediators consistent with observed relic abundance.

Paola Arias, Bastián Díaz Sáez, Lucía Duarte, Joel Jones-Pérez, Walter Rodriguez, Danilo Zegarra Herrera2026-02-04🔭 astro-ph