Hep-Lat, short for High Energy Physics – Lattice, explores the fundamental forces of nature by simulating particle interactions on a digital grid. Instead of relying solely on abstract equations, researchers in this field use powerful computers to model how quarks and gluons bind together, offering deep insights into the structure of matter that are often impossible to derive analytically.

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⚛️ lattice

Experiment ↔\leftrightarrow lattice QCD: understanding high-temperature QCD matter

This paper reviews the synergistic relationship between relativistic heavy-ion collision experiments and lattice QCD calculations in characterizing high-temperature QCD matter, highlighting key areas such as the equation of state, transport properties, and the search for a critical point while addressing the challenges of comparing equilibrium theory with dynamic experimental systems.

Bedangadas Mohanty2026-09-23
⚛️ phenomenology

Threshold resummation for computing large-xx parton distribution through large-momentum effective theory

This paper establishes a threshold resummation framework for computing large-xx parton distribution functions via large-momentum effective theory by factorizing the matching coefficient into a space-like jet function and heavy-light Sudakov form factors, thereby enabling direct lattice QCD calculations of these critical distributions with NNLO consistency.

Xiangdong Ji, Yizhuang Liu, Yushan Su2026-09-22
⚛️ lattice

Effects of threshold resummation for large-xx PDF in large momentum effective theory

This paper investigates large-xx parton distribution functions within large momentum effective theory by factorizing the matching coefficient into hard and soft components to resum threshold double logarithms and leading renormalons, demonstrating that perturbative matching remains reliable when both active and spectator quark momenta significantly exceed the QCD scale.

Xiangdong Ji, Yizhuang Liu, Yushan Su, Rui Zhang2026-09-22
⚛️ lattice

Many-body theory of false vacuum decay in quantum spin chains

This paper presents an analytically tractable many-body theory for false vacuum decay in ferromagnetic quantum spin-1/2 chains, which accurately describes the nucleation and coherent dynamics of true-vacuum bubbles across various parameter regimes and offers new microscopic insights into metastable states by drawing parallels with cosmological decay.

Christian Johansen, Alessio Recati, Iacopo Carusotto, Alberto Biella2026-09-22
⚛️ lattice

Deconfinement from Thermal Tensor Networks: Universal CFT signature in (2+1)-dimensional ZN\mathbb{Z}_N lattice gauge theory

This paper employs thermal tensor networks to study (2+1)-dimensional ZN\mathbb{Z}_N lattice gauge theories, successfully extracting universal conformal field theory data that confirms the Svetitsky-Yaffe conjecture for N=2,3,5N=2,3,5, reveals an intermediate phase with emergent U(1) symmetry in the Z5\mathbb{Z}_5 case, and determines zero-temperature deconfinement transition points for N=2,3N=2,3.

Adwait Naravane, Yuto Sugimoto, Shinichiro Akiyama, Jutho Haegeman, Atsushi Ueda2026-09-22