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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Perturbation theory, irrep truncations, and state preparation methods for quantum simulations of SU(3) lattice gauge theory

This paper presents efficient methods for preparing approximate ground states of SU(3) lattice gauge theory on quantum hardware by refining irrep truncation via energy density, developing perturbation-guided ansatz circuits, and releasing open-source tools for circuit construction and Clebsch-Gordan coefficient calculations.

Praveen Balaji, Cianan Conefrey-Shinozaki, Patrick Draper, Jason K. Elhaderi, Drishti Gupta, Luis Hidalgo, Andrew Lytle2026-06-10
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Reply to "Comment on "Chiral symmetry restoration, the eigenvalue density of the Dirac operator, and the axial U(1) anomaly at finite temperature""

This paper refutes Matteo Giordano's comment by demonstrating that the proposed counterexamples violate the fundamental QCD assumption of analyticity in the squared quark mass at high temperatures and by identifying a technical error in the critique, thereby upholding the validity of the authors' original arguments regarding chiral symmetry restoration and the axial U(1) anomaly.

Sinya Aoki, Hidenori Fukaya2026-06-10
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Forward-mode automatic differentiation for the tensor renormalization group and its relation to the impurity method

This paper proposes a forward-mode automatic differentiation framework for tensor renormalization group methods that offers significantly higher accuracy in calculating thermodynamic quantities compared to conventional impurity methods, while establishing a theoretical link between the two approaches and providing practical procedures for extracting critical exponents in both two and three dimensions.

Yuto Sugimoto2026-06-09
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Study of the ΩcccΩcccΩ_{ccc}Ω_{ccc} and ΩbbbΩbbbΩ_{bbb}Ω_{bbb} dibaryons in QCD Sum Rules

Using QCD sum rules and the iterative dispersion relation method, this study investigates the I^©cccI^©cccΩ_{ccc}Ω_{ccc} and I^©bbbI^©bbbΩ_{bbb}Ω_{bbb} dibaryons, finding that the scalar states are lighter than their tensor counterparts and that while the bottom system may form bound states in the MS\overline{\text{MS}} scheme, both systems are predicted to be much heavier in the on-shell scheme.

Xu-Liang Chen, Jin-Peng Zhang, Zi-Xi Ou-Yang, Wei Chen, Jia-Jun Wu2026-06-09
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Machine learning unveils the quark mass dependence of the pseudoscalar meson decay constants in three-flavour N2^2LO ChPT

This paper utilizes the LASSO machine learning method to analyze recent LQCD data within three-flavor N2^2LO Chiral Perturbation Theory, precisely determining the quark mass dependence of pseudoscalar meson decay constants up to 780 MeV and applying these results to predict octet baryon masses in the SU(3) limit.

Zejian Zhuang, Fernando Gil Domínguez, Raquel Molina2026-06-09
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Electromagnetic form factors: A window into the DΛcD\Lambda_c, DΛcD^*\Lambda_c, and DΛcD\Lambda_c^* molecular structure

This paper utilizes QCD light-cone sum rules to calculate the magnetic dipole, electric quadrupole, and magnetic octupole moments of DΛcD\Lambda_c, DΛcD^*\Lambda_c, and DΛcD\Lambda_c^* molecular pentaquarks, establishing a hierarchy of magnetic moments and spatial deformation signatures that serve as critical benchmarks for distinguishing their molecular structure from compact exotic hadron models.

Ulaş Özdem2026-06-08