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.

First Measurement of the Muon Neutrino Interaction Cross Section and Flux as a Function of Energy at the LHC with FASER

Using 13.6 TeV proton-proton collision data, the FASER experiment reports the first differential measurement of the muon neutrino interaction cross section and flux in the TeV energy range, confirming Standard Model predictions and distinguishing contributions from pion and kaon decays.

FASER Collaboration, Roshan Mammen Abraham, Xiaocong Ai, John Anders, Claire Antel, Akitaka Ariga, Tomoko Ariga, Jeremy Atkinson, Florian U. Bernlochner, Tobias Boeckh, Jamie Boyd, Lydia Brenner, Ange (…)2026-05-19⚛️ hep-ex

Searching non-standard interactions with atmospheric neutrinos at ESSnuSB

This paper investigates the potential of the proposed ESSnuSB far detector to constrain non-standard neutrino interactions using atmospheric neutrinos, demonstrating that it can set competitive upper bounds on interaction parameters while highlighting the experiment's complementarity with accelerator-based programs and its impact on mass ordering and octant sensitivities.

ESSnuSB, :, J. Aguilar, M. Anastasopoulos, D. Barčot, E. Baussan, A. K. Bhattacharyya, A. Bignami, M. Blennow, M. Bogomilov, B. Bolling, E. Bouquerel, F. Bramati, A. Branca, G. Brunetti, I. Bustinduy (…)2026-05-19⚛️ hep-ex

Spatially Aware Linear Transformer (SAL-T) for Particle Jet Tagging

The paper introduces the Spatially Aware Linear Transformer (SAL-T), a physics-inspired architecture that combines linear attention with spatially aware partitioning and convolutional layers to achieve transformer-level accuracy in particle jet tagging while significantly reducing computational complexity and inference latency.

Aaron Wang, Zihan Zhao, Subash Katel, Vivekanand Gyanchand Sahu, Elham E Khoda, Abhijith Gandrakota, Jennifer Ngadiuba, Richard Cavanaugh, Javier Duarte2026-05-19⚛️ hep-ex

Search for the charmonium weak decay J/ψDˉ0Kˉ0+c.c.J/\psi\to\bar{D}^0\bar{K}^{*0}+{\rm c.c.}

Using a sample of over 10 billion J/ψJ/\psi events collected by the BESIII detector, researchers searched for the rare weak decay J/ψDˉ0Kˉ0+c.c.J/\psi\to\bar{D}^0\bar{K}^{*0}+{\rm c.c.}, found no significant signal, and established a new upper limit on its branching fraction of 1.4×1071.4\times10^{-7} at the 90% confidence level, improving upon previous limits by an order of magnitude.

BESIII Collaboration, M. Ablikim, M. N. Achasov, P. Adlarson, X. C. Ai, R. Aliberti, A. Amoroso, Q. An, Y. Bai, O. Bakina, Y. Ban, H. -R. Bao, V. Batozskaya, K. Begzsuren, N. Berger, M. Berlowski, M. (…)2026-05-19⚛️ hep-ex

Measurements of electroweak production of a photon in association with two jets in proton-proton collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV

Using 138 fb1^{-1} of proton-proton collision data at 13 TeV collected by the CMS experiment, this paper presents the first observation of electroweak production of a photon in association with two forward jets, measuring a cross section of 202 fb with over five standard deviations of significance and setting constraints on effective field theory operators.

CMS Collaboration2026-05-19⚛️ hep-ex

Search for the nonresonant production of a pair of additional Higgs bosons in the Type-X two-Higgs-doublet model in proton-proton collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV

Using 138 fb1^{-1} of proton-proton collision data at s\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV collected by the CMS detector, this study found no evidence for the nonresonant production of a pair of additional Higgs bosons decaying to τ\tau lepton pairs, thereby ruling out the Type-X two-Higgs-doublet model alignment scenario as an explanation for the muon anomalous magnetic moment tension.

CMS Collaboration2026-05-19⚛️ hep-ex

Higgs Physics with the XFEL Compton γγ\boldsymbol{\gamma\gamma} Collider Concept at s=125\boldsymbol{\sqrt{s}=125} GeV

This paper investigates single Higgs production at a 125 GeV XFEL Compton γγ\gamma\gamma collider, demonstrating that a novel deep learning framework combined with a genetic algorithm can achieve significantly higher sensitivity in signal-background discrimination than traditional methods, thereby enabling precise Higgs sector probing and new physics opportunities complementary to proposed e+ee^+e^- machines.

Umar Sohail Qureshi, Tim Barklow, Ariel Schwartzman2026-05-19⚛️ hep-ph