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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Comparison of the hadronic vacuum polarization between hadronic τ\tau-decay data and lattice QCD

This paper compares isospin-symmetric lattice QCD calculations of hadronic vacuum polarization with dispersive results derived from corrected hadronic τ\tau-decay data, finding generally good agreement overall but revealing significant discrepancies in the 2ππ+π02\pi^-\pi^+\pi^0 four-pion mode when evaluated against expectations from Pais relations and e+ee^+e^- cross sections.

Noah Allen, Diogo Boito, Maarten Golterman, Kim Maltman, Lucas M. Mansur, Santiago Peris2026-05-13
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Examination of the lattice QCD-motivated strong attractive ΩNΩN potentials in the ΩnpΩ^- n p system

Using Faddeev equations in configuration space, this study demonstrates that the large binding energy of the Ωnp\Omega^- np system arises from the short-range behavior of strong attractive ΩN\Omega N potentials, while revealing that the Coulomb interaction has only a marginal perturbative effect on the system's spatial configuration and binding energy.

I. Filikhin, R. Ya. Kezerashvili, B. Vlahovic2026-05-12
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Testing machine-learned distributions against Monte Carlo data for the QCD chiral phase transition

This paper demonstrates that conditional Masked Autoregressive Flows can efficiently interpolate lattice QCD observables across bare parameters to locate phase boundaries and critical points, offering a practical tool to reduce the computational cost of Monte Carlo simulations despite current limitations in precision near first-order transitions due to mode-covering effects.

Reinhold Kaiser, Frithjof Karsch, Jan Philipp Klinger, Owe Philipsen, Christian Schmidt, Simran Singh2026-05-11
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Perturbative, Nonperturbative and Exact Aspects of Crystalline Phases in the Gross-Neveu Model

This paper provides a comprehensive, multi-method analysis (perturbative, semiclassical large-NN, and integrability) of the O(2N)O(2N) Gross-Neveu model, demonstrating that at large chemical potential, the system enters a consistent crystalline phase characterized by the condensation of bound states and the emergence of two new dynamically generated scales that govern nonperturbative effects and the oscillatory chiral condensate.

Francesco Benini, Ohad Mamroud, Tomas Reis, Marco Serone2026-05-08