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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Below are the latest papers in High Energy Physics – Lattice, curated directly from arXiv and ready for you to explore.

Spectral reconstruction techniques, their shortcomings and relevance to the electric conductivity coefficient

This paper evaluates a machine learning framework and a novel multipoint method for the ill-posed spectral reconstruction problem by comparing them against established techniques on mock data, then applying the most effective approaches to quenched lattice data to extract the electric conductivity in the presence of a non-zero external magnetic field.

C. Andratschke, B. B. Brandt, E. Garnacho-Velasco, L. Pannullo, S. Singh, A. Dean M. Valois2026-03-20⚛️ hep-lat

KπK \pi scattering as a step towards BK+B \to K^* \ell^+ \ell^- from Lattice QCD

This paper presents the status of an exploratory lattice QCD calculation utilizing a dual heavy-quark strategy and the 1+J21+J\to2 finite-volume formalism to determine the hadronic matrix elements for the resonant KπK\pi final state, a crucial step toward achieving precise Standard Model predictions for the BK+B\to K^*\ell^+\ell^- decay.

Felix Erben, Matthew Black, Peter Boyle, Matteo Di Carlo, Vera Gülpers, Maxwell T. Hansen, Nelson Pitanga Lachini, Rajnandini Mukherjee, Antonin Portelli, J. Tobias Tsang2026-03-19⚛️ hep-lat

CaRBM: A Fixed-Depth Quantum Algorithm with Partial Correction for Thermal State Preparation

The paper introduces CaRBM, a fixed-depth quantum algorithm that utilizes Restricted Boltzmann Machine block-encoding with partial correction to efficiently prepare thermal states, particularly at high temperatures, as demonstrated by its application to calculating partition function zeros and phase diagrams in the XXZ and Gross-Neveu models.

Omar Alsheikh, A. F. Kemper, Ermal Rrapaj, Goksu C. Toga2026-03-19⚛️ hep-lat

Equivalent class of Emergent Single Weyl Fermion in 3d Topological States: gapless superconductors and superfluids Vs chiral fermions

This paper proposes a generic approach using spontaneous U(1)U(1) symmetry breaking to construct 3D lattice models that evade the no-go theorem and yield a single Weyl fermion in the infrared limit, demonstrating that these models form an equivalent class with gapless superconductors and superfluids across three distinct symmetry-breaking pathways.

Gabriel Meyniel, Fei Zhou2026-03-18⚛️ hep-lat