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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⚛️ high-energy experiments

Interpreting the Newly Observed Ξ(1720)\Xi(1720) State in the Spin-32\frac{3}{2} Ξ\Xi Spectrum

Using the two-point QCD sum rule approach, this study analyzes the low-lying spin-32\frac{3}{2} Ξ\Xi spectrum and identifies the newly observed Ξ(1720)\Xi(1720) resonance as the first radial (2S2S) excitation, as its calculated mass of 1727.52±42.39 MeV1727.52\pm42.39~\mathrm{MeV} aligns with the experimental value reported by BESIII.

K. Azizi, Y. Sarac, H. Sundu2026-07-15
⚛️ lattice

Hadronic vacuum polarization contribution to aμa_\mu from functional methods with strong and electromagnetic isospin breaking

This paper presents a continuum-QCD calculation of the leading-order hadronic vacuum polarization contribution to the muon's anomalous magnetic moment using Dyson-Schwinger and Bethe-Salpeter equations, incorporating strong and electromagnetic isospin breaking to yield a result of (710.0±14.5)×1010(710.0 \pm 14.5) \times 10^{-10} that aligns well with recent lattice-QCD determinations.

Angel S. Miramontes, Adnan Bashir, Christian S. Fischer, Pablo Roig2026-07-15
⚛️ quantum physics

Hardware-efficient quantum simulation of intense-field QED

This paper proposes a hardware-efficient trapped-ion protocol for simulating nonperturbative intense-field QED in 3+1 dimensions by encoding photon modes in collective phonons and Volkov-dressed fermions in ion spins, demonstrating that zero-noise extrapolation can effectively mitigate experimental noise to accurately benchmark nonlinear Breit–Wheeler pair production.

Zhuoyi Li, Bin Xu, Zhongtian Dong, Yuxiang Huang, Ying-Ying Li, Yiheng Lin, Jing Shu2026-07-14
⚛️ lattice

The Neutron Electric Dipole Moment from Lattice QCD using a Background Electric Field

Using 2+1 flavor domain wall fermion lattice QCD ensembles and a novel method involving a background electric field with single time-slice topological charge sampling to mitigate statistical noise and excited-state contamination, the authors calculate the neutron electric dipole moment to be dn=0.0050(4)stat(8)sysθˉd_n=-0.0050(4)^\text{stat}(8)^\text{sys}\bar{\theta} ee fm after extrapolation to the physical point.

Thomas Blum, Fangcheng He, Taku Izubuchi, Luchang Jin, Hiroshi Ohki, Sergey Syritsyn2026-07-14
⚛️ lattice

Renormalon subtracted nonrelativistic QCD for heavy hadron systems

This paper presents a renormalon-subtracted potential nonrelativistic QCD framework that combines variational and Green's function Monte Carlo methods with NNLO potentials to predict the masses of fully-heavy baryons and the binding properties of fully-heavy tetraquarks, achieving improved perturbative stability while identifying discrepancies with lattice QCD that are consistent with neglected 1/mQ1/m_Q corrections.

Benoît Assi, Andreas S. Kronfeld, Simon Vaiva, Michael L. Wagman2026-07-13