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.

Particle transformers for identifying Lorentz-boosted Higgs bosons decaying to a pair of W bosons

This paper introduces the Particle transformer (PaRT), a novel deep neural network based on self-attention that achieves high-efficiency tagging of Lorentz-boosted Higgs bosons decaying to W boson pairs in CMS data while maintaining decorrelation from jet mass, thereby enhancing the sensitivity of Standard Model measurements and beyond-the-Standard-Model searches.

CMS Collaboration2026-04-14⚛️ hep-ex

DREAMuS: Dark matter REsearch with Advanced Muon Source

The paper proposes DREAMuS, a fixed-target experiment at HIAF designed to search for GeV-scale muon-philic dark matter mediated by light flavor-violating bosons, demonstrating competitive sensitivity to couplings around 10410^{-4} and highlighting the enhanced discovery potential of a complementary μ+\mu^+ beam option for sub-200 MeV dark matter.

Xiang Chen, Zejia Lu, Liangwen Chen, Jun Gao, Shao-Feng Ge, Zhanxu Hao, Yang Hu, Bingzhi Li, Cen Mo, Zhiyu Sun, Huayang Wang, Chonghao Wu, Yu Xu, Xueheng Zhang, Yulei Zhang, Liang Li2026-04-14⚛️ hep-ph

First Observation of \boldmath{D+a0(980)ρD^+ \to a_0(980)\rho and D+a0(980)+f0(500)D^+ \to a_0(980)^+ f_0(500)} in \boldmath{D+π+π+πηD^+ \to \pi^+\pi^+\pi^-\eta and D+π+π0π0ηD^+ \to \pi^+\pi^0\pi^0\eta} Decays

Using 20.3 fb⁻¹ of e+ee^+e^- collision data collected by the BESIII detector, this study presents the first amplitude analysis of singly Cabibbo-suppressed D+π+π+πηD^+ \to \pi^+\pi^+\pi^-\eta and D+π+π0π0ηD^+ \to \pi^+\pi^0\pi^0\eta decays, resulting in precise measurements of their absolute branching fractions and the first observation of the D+a0(980)+f0(500)D^+ \to a_0(980)^+ f_0(500) decay alongside the D+a0(980)ρD^+ \to a_0(980)\rho modes.

BESIII Collaboration, M. Ablikim, M. N. Achasov, P. Adlarson, X. C. Ai, C. S. Akondi, R. Aliberti, A. Amoroso, Q. An, Y. H. An, Y. Bai, O. Bakina, Y. Ban, H. -R. Bao, X. L. Bao, V. Batozskaya, K. Begz (…)2026-04-14⚛️ hep-ex

Measurement of the branching fractions of χcJπ+ππ0π0\chi_{cJ} \to \pi^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{0}\pi^{0} via ψ(3686)γχcJ\psi(3686) \to \gamma\chi_{cJ}

Using a large sample of ψ(3686)\psi(3686) events collected by the BESIII detector, this study precisely measures the branching fractions of χcJπ+ππ0π0\chi_{cJ} \to \pi^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{0}\pi^{0} decays for J=0,1,2J=0, 1, 2, identifying ρ+ρ\rho^+\rho^- as the dominant intermediate state and providing results that significantly improve upon previous measurements.

BESIII Collaboration, M. Ablikim, M. N. Achasov, P. Adlarson, X. C. Ai, C. S. Akondi, R. Aliberti, A. Amoroso, Q. An, Y. H. An, Y. Bai, O. Bakina, H. R. Bao, X. L. Bao, M. Barbagiovanni, V. Batozskaya (…)2026-04-14⚛️ hep-ex