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

Inelastic Self-interacting Dark Matter and LUX-ZEPLIN 248 keV Event in a Dirac Modular Inverse Seesaw

This paper proposes a novel A4A_4 modular symmetry framework that unifies Dirac neutrino mass generation with inelastic self-interacting dark matter, successfully explaining the LUX-ZEPLIN 248 keV event while predicting a stochastic gravitational wave background from the annihilation of cosmological domain walls.

Pritam Das, Biswajit Karmakar, Satyabrata Mahapatra, Partha Kumar Paul2026-09-09
⚛️ high-energy experiments

High-Energy Nuclear Recoils from Boosted Dark Matter for the LZ 248-keV Event: Beyond the Halo-Dependent High-Velocity Tail

This paper proposes that the 248-keV nuclear recoil event observed by the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment could be explained by light boosted dark matter scattering off xenon nuclei, offering a model-independent alternative to heavy halo dark matter interpretations that rely on uncertain high-velocity tails of the Galactic velocity distribution.

Haider Alhazmi, Doojin Kim, Kyoungchul Kong, Jong-Chul Park, Seodong Shin2026-09-09
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Neutron detector response modeling in NOvA

The NOvA experiment addresses a discrepancy between simulated and observed low-energy neutron candidates by implementing a data-driven neutron-on-carbon model to correct Geant4's overproduction of secondary photons, thereby improving the accuracy of neutrino energy reconstruction and systematic uncertainty evaluations.

NOvA Collaboration, S. Abubakar, M. A. Acero, B. Acharya, P. Adamson, N. Anfimov, A. Antoshkin, E. Arrieta-Diaz, L. Asqu (…)2026-09-09
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Inelastic Singlet-Doublet Fermion Dark Matter in light of the 248 keV LZ event

Motivated by the recent LUX-ZEPLIN observation of a single 248 keV nuclear recoil event, this paper proposes an inelastic singlet-doublet fermion dark matter model extended with a scalar triplet, which naturally explains the absence of lower-energy events by suppressing elastic scattering while enabling inelastic transitions and simultaneously generating Majorana neutrino masses via the Type-II seesaw mechanism.

Debasish Borah, Sujit Kumar Sahoo, Narendra Sahu, Shashwat Sharma2026-09-09
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Revisiting two-body charmed anti-charmed baryonic BB decays

This paper revisits two-body charmed anti-charmed baryonic B\overline B decays by incorporating buuˉqb\to u\bar u q contributions alongside bccˉqb\to c\bar c q terms, demonstrating that these CKM-suppressed amplitudes are significantly enhanced in ΔS=0\Delta S=0 transitions and can substantially increase decay rates for specific channels like BΞc0ΞˉcB^-\to \Xi_c^0 \bar \Xi_c^{-}.

Chun-Khiang Chua2026-09-09