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.

Measurement of the Vcb|V_{cb}| element of the CKM matrix in ttˉt\bar{t} decays with the ATLAS detector

Using 140 fb1^{-1} of 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector, this paper presents the first measurement of the CKM matrix element Vcb|V_{cb}| from on-shell WW-boson decays in top quark pairs, yielding a value of (5014+11)×103(50^{+11}_{-14})\times10^{-3} that is consistent with existing low-energy determinations while probing a novel high-momentum-transfer physical regime.

ATLAS Collaboration2026-03-18⚛️ hep-ex

Searches for the leptophilic Z' boson at the International Linear Collider and Linear Collider Facility

This paper presents sensitivity studies for detecting a leptophilic Z' boson at the International Linear Collider and the Linear Collider Facility at CERN, utilizing WHIZARD simulations to evaluate signal and background in the di-muon channel and establish expected limits on Z' couplings to Standard Model leptons at center-of-mass energies of 250 GeV and 550 GeV.

Aleksander Filip Żarnecki2026-03-18⚛️ hep-ex

Prospects for precision CEν\nuNS measurements with electron-capture neutrinos and lithium-based bolometers

The paper evaluates the feasibility of achieving ~3% precision in coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering measurements using mono-energetic electron-capture neutrinos and a compact array of lithium-based bolometers, a capability that could resolve the gallium neutrino anomaly by distinguishing between nuclear effects, source activity errors, and short-baseline oscillations.

Giovanni Benato, Francesca M. Pofi, Andrei Puiu, Christoph A. Ternes2026-03-18⚛️ hep-ex

SENSEI at SNOLAB: Single-Electron Event Rate and Implications for Dark Matter

Following a major hardware upgrade at SNOLAB, the SENSEI experiment achieved an order-of-magnitude reduction in single-electron background rates to (1.39±0.11)×105(1.39 \pm 0.11) \times 10^{-5} e^-/pix/day, enabling tighter constraints on sub-GeV dark matter and validating that previous higher rates were likely caused by light leaks in the older sensor tray design.

Itay M. Bloch, Ana M. Botti, Mariano Cababie, Gustavo Cancelo, Brenda A. Cervantes-Vergara, Miguel Daal, Ansh Desai, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Rouven Essig, Juan Estrada, Erez Etzion, Guillermo Fernandez Mo (…)2026-03-17⚛️ hep-ex

Tensor-polarized twist-3 parton distribution functions fLT(x)f_{LT}(x) for the spin-1 deuteron by using twist-2 relations

This paper calculates the tensor-polarized twist-3 parton distribution function fLT(x)f_{LT}(x) for the spin-1 deuteron by applying twist-2 relations to the known twist-2 function f1LL(x)f_{1LL}(x), demonstrating that fLT(x)f_{LT}(x) is comparable in magnitude to f1LL(x)f_{1LL}(x) and suggesting that current and future facilities like JLab and the EIC are well-suited to investigate these higher-twist effects.

S. Kumano, Kenshi Kuroki2026-03-17⚛️ hep-lat

TrackFormers Part 2: Enhanced Transformer-Based Models for High-Energy Physics Track Reconstruction

This paper presents an enhanced version of the TrackFormers framework for High-Energy Physics track reconstruction, introducing custom Transformer attention mechanisms, a novel geometric projection with lightweight clustering, and joint model conditioning to improve both accuracy and efficiency for upcoming High-Luminosity LHC data challenges.

Sascha Caron, Nadezhda Dobreva, Maarten Kimpel, Uraz Odyurt, Slav Pshenov, Roberto Ruiz de Austri Bazan, Eugene Shalugin, Zef Wolffs, Yue Zhao2026-03-17⚛️ hep-ex