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.

⚛️ high-energy experiments

Search for New Physics via Low-Energy Electron Recoils with a 4.2 Tonne\times Year Exposure from the LZ Experiment

The LZ experiment analyzed 4.2 tonne-years of low-energy electron recoil data from its first two science runs to set the world's most stringent constraints to date on various new physics models, including solar axion-like particles, mirror dark matter, and neutrino millicharge, while finding no evidence of signals beyond the background-only hypothesis.

D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi, F. Alder, J. Almquist, C. S. Amarasinghe, A. Ames, T. J. Anderson, N. Angelides, H. M. A (…)2026-08-06
⚛️ lattice

Charting doubly strange hidden-charm pentaquarks: An electromagnetic mapping of spin-12\frac{1}{2} and 32\frac{3}{2} states

This study presents the first systematic QCD light-cone sum rule investigation of the electromagnetic multipole structure, including magnetic dipole, electric quadrupole, and magnetic octupole moments, for doubly strange hidden-charm pentaquarks with JP=1/2J^P = 1/2^- and 3/23/2^-, revealing significant sensitivity to internal color-spin correlations and charm-quark dominance while providing theoretical benchmarks for future experimental and lattice QCD validation.

Ulaş Özdem2026-08-06
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Exclusive Quark and Gluon Dijet Production as Probes of GPDs at Collider Energies

This paper investigates exclusive electroproduction of quark and gluon dijets within the collinear factorization framework to probe generalized parton distributions, incorporating helicity contributions and elastic form factors while comparing predictions to HERA data and projecting future measurements for the Electron-Ion Collider.

Zhuoyi Pang, Paweł Sznajder, Lech Szymanowski, Jakub Wagner2026-08-06
⚛️ high-energy experiments

A Bayesian approach to the long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of DUNE

This paper applies a Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo approach to re-evaluate DUNE's long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity using existing inputs, revealing enhanced octant sensitivity through post-hoc reactor constraints and presenting the first study of DUNE's sensitivity to the Jarlskog invariant.

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero, M. R. Adames, G. Adamov, M. Ada (…)2026-08-06
⚛️ nuclear theory

Quarkoniumlike states above open-flavor thresholds in Born-Oppenheimer EFT

This paper employs Born-Oppenheimer effective field theory to model quarkoniumlike states above open-flavor thresholds, revealing a spectrum organized by heavy-quark spin symmetry that includes both short-distance quarkonium resonances and long-distance molecular states, while providing multiplet assignments for experimental candidates and identifying the need for additional theoretical sectors to explain outliers.

Nora Brambilla, Roberto Bruschini, Abhishek Mohapatra, Fang-Zheng Peng, Tommaso Scirpa2026-08-06
⚛️ lattice

Open-Charm Vector Mesons in Hot and Dense Nuclear Matter

Using finite-temperature and finite-density QCD sum rules, this study reveals that open-charm vector mesons (DD^* and DsD_s^*) undergo substantial in-medium softening and significant reductions in their leptonic decay constants as baryon density increases, with the largest mass shifts reaching approximately 413 MeV-413~\mathrm{MeV} and 207 MeV-207~\mathrm{MeV} respectively, while finite density also lifts the vacuum degeneracy between particle and antiparticle states.

N. Er, K. Azizi2026-08-06
⚛️ phenomenology

High energy probes of Higgs self-coupling via WW boson fusion at future lepton colliders

This paper demonstrates that a graph neural network applied to WW boson fusion di-Higgs production at the 3 TeV CLIC collider can achieve a signal significance of approximately 20σ\sigma, offering superior sensitivity to the Higgs self-coupling and electroweak symmetry breaking mechanisms compared to the High-Luminosity LHC.

Amir Subba, Hrishikesh Deka, Subhaditya Bhattacharya, Abhik Sarkar2026-08-06