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.

SU(2)LSU(2)_L triplet scalar as the origin of the 95 GeV excess?

This paper proposes that an SU(2)LSU(2)_L triplet scalar with hypercharge Y=0Y=0 and a small mixing angle with the Standard Model Higgs can explain the 95 GeV diphoton excess through Drell-Yan production, predicting distinct kinematic signatures, an associated charged Higgs state near 95 GeV, and a positive shift in the W boson mass.

Saiyad Ashanujjaman, Sumit Banik, Guglielmo Coloretti, Andreas Crivellin, Bruce Mellado, Anza-Tshilidzi Mulaudzi2026-03-23⚛️ hep-ex

Anatomy of the Real Higgs Triplet Model

This paper analyzes the theoretical constraints, electroweak precision predictions, and LHC phenomenology of the Standard Model extended by a real Higgs triplet, finding that while current searches exclude charged Higgs masses below 110 GeV, a specific signal region excess at 152 GeV suggests a statistically significant preference for a non-zero di-photon branching ratio of the neutral triplet Higgs.

Saiyad Ashanujjaman, Sumit Banik, Guglielmo Coloretti, Andreas Crivellin, Siddharth P. Maharathy, Bruce Mellado2026-03-23⚛️ hep-ex

Evidence for Anomalies in Muon-Induced Neutron Emissions from Pb

This paper presents six years of experimental data from massive lead targets at various depths, revealing a statistically significant excess of high-multiplicity neutron events that deviates from standard single power-law models and suggests the presence of unexplained anomalies or discrete emission structures.

W. H. Trzaska, A. Barzilov, T. Enqvist, K. Jedrzejczak, M. Kasztelan, P. Kuusiniemi, K. K. Loo, J. Orzechowski, M. Słupecki, J. Szabelski, T. E. Ward2026-03-23⚛️ hep-ex

Scale Factorized-Quantum Field Theory: Eliminating renormalization ambiguities in QCD and QED

This paper introduces Scale Factorized-Quantum Field Theory (SF-QFT), a novel framework that eliminates renormalization ambiguities in QCD and QED by factorizing momentum modes and employing Effective Dynamical Renormalization with Principle of Observable Effective Matching constraints to produce scale-invariant observables and high-precision predictions with significantly reduced computational complexity compared to conventional methods.

Farrukh A. Chishtie2026-03-23⚛️ hep-lat

Neutron EDM Experiment with an Advanced Ultracold Neutron Source at TRIUMF

The TUCAN collaboration reports significant progress in commissioning its high-intensity accelerator-driven ultracold neutron source and developing the associated spectrometer, achieving the first UCN production in 2024 and setting the stage for a neutron EDM experiment with a sensitivity goal of 1027 ecm10^{-27}\ e{\rm cm} and two orders of magnitude improved statistics.

T. Higuchi, B. Algohi, D. Anthony, L. Barrón-Palos, M. Bradley, A. Brossard, T. Bui, J. Chak, R. Chiba, C. Davis, R. de Vries, K. Drury, D. Fujimoto, R. Fujitani, M. Gericke, P. Giampa, R. Golub, T. (…)2026-03-23🔬 physics.atom-ph

Probing the flavour structure of dimension-6 EFT operators in multilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV

Using 138 fb1^{-1} of 13 TeV proton-proton collision data from the CMS experiment, this study presents the first simultaneous disentanglement of the flavour structure of dimension-6 EFT operators by probing quark-Z interactions across different generations in multilepton final states, confirming Standard Model consistency and setting limits on Wilson coefficients for both light and heavy quarks.

CMS Collaboration2026-03-23⚛️ hep-ex

Search for Beyond the Standard Model physics with anomaly detection in multilepton final states in $pp$ collisions at s=13\sqrt{s}=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Using 140 fb1^{-1} of ATLAS Run 2 data, this model-agnostic search for Beyond the Standard Model physics in multilepton final states employs unsupervised machine learning to identify anomalies, finding no significant excess and setting new limits on various benchmark models, including the first constraints on a flavourful vector-like lepton model.

ATLAS Collaboration2026-03-23⚛️ hep-ex

Response Matrix Estimation in Unfolding Differential Cross Sections

This paper investigates the impact of response matrix estimation on differential cross-section unfolding in particle physics, demonstrating that while traditional binned counting methods can inadvertently provide regularization through noise, a proposed unbinned conditional density estimation approach offers a potentially superior alternative for handling limited Monte Carlo sample sizes.

Huanbiao Zhu, Andrea Carlo Marini, Mikael Kuusela, Larry Wasserman2026-03-23⚛️ hep-ex