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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Observation of Robust and Coherent Non-Abelian Hadron Dynamics on Noisy Quantum Processors

This study demonstrates the first observation of robust, coherent non-Abelian hadron dynamics on a noisy 156-qubit quantum processor by simulating a 60-site SU(2) lattice gauge theory using a hardware-efficient encoding, successfully capturing meson propagation and breathing modes while outperforming classical approximation methods in the weak-coupling regime.

Fran Ilčić, Ritajit Majumdar, Emil Mathew, Md. Osama Ali, Nathan Earnest-Noble, Indrakshi Raychowdhury2026-03-12⚛️ hep-lat

Efficient construction of Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 gauge-invariant bases for the Quantum Minimally Entangled Typical Thermal States algorithm

This paper presents an efficient implementation of the Quantum Minimally Entangled Typical Thermal States (QMETTS) algorithm for Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 gauge theories at finite temperature and density, featuring derived measurement bases to preserve gauge invariance, a noise-robust sampling method for expectation values, and numerical validation on a (1+1)-dimensional model.

Reita Maeno2026-03-12⚛️ hep-lat

Scattering of ΛcΛc\Lambda_{c}\Lambda_{c} and ΛcΛˉc\Lambda_{c}\bar{\Lambda}_{c} in chiral effective field theory

Using a unified chiral effective field theory framework calibrated with lattice QCD data, this study predicts repulsive interactions for the ΛcΛc\Lambda_c\Lambda_c system while identifying strong attractive forces in the ΛcΛˉc\Lambda_c\bar{\Lambda}_c system that support bound states, with significant mass splitting between channels driven by two-pion exchange spin-spin terms.

Zhe Liu, Hao Xu, Zhan-Wei Liu, Xiang Liu2026-03-11⚛️ hep-ph

First-Principles Determination of the Proton-Proton Fusion Matrix Element from Lattice QCD

This paper presents a first-principles lattice QCD calculation of the proton-proton fusion matrix element at an unphysical pion mass, demonstrating the feasibility of the approach while highlighting that large uncertainties in two-nucleon scattering parameters currently limit the precision of the extracted low-energy constant L1,AL_{1,A}.

Zi-Yu Wang, Xu Feng, Bo-Hao Jian, Lu-Chang Jin, Chuan Liu2026-03-11⚛️ hep-lat

Does hot QCD have a conformal manifold in the chiral limit?

Based on recent lattice evidence and 't Hooft anomaly constraints, this paper proposes that the chiral phase transition in hot QCD for Nf2N_f \ge 2 massless flavors may be described by a conformal manifold of θB\theta_B-dependent universality classes featuring an exactly marginal operator related to baryon density, rather than a standard Ginzburg-Landau critical point.

Shi Chen, Aleksey Cherman, Robert D. Pisarski2026-03-11⚛️ hep-ph

Two body nonleptonic decays of ΩbΩc\Omega_{b}\rightarrow \Omega_{c} beyond tree level

This paper investigates the two-body nonleptonic decays of Ωb\Omega_{b} into Ωc\Omega_{c} accompanied by pseudoscalar or vector mesons using the naive factorization approach, calculating decay amplitudes across various topologies to determine rates and branching ratios for comparison with other theoretical predictions and experimental data.

Z. Neishabouri, K. Azizi, H. R. Moshfegh2026-03-10⚛️ hep-ph