Hep-Ph explores the fundamental forces that govern how particles interact and behave at the smallest scales imaginable. This field bridges the gap between theoretical predictions and experimental reality, helping scientists understand the building blocks of our universe without getting lost in complex mathematics. Whether investigating the Higgs boson or searching for new physics beyond current models, these studies push the boundaries of human knowledge about matter and energy.

At Gist.Science, we process every new preprint in this category as soon as it appears on arXiv. We strip away the dense jargon to offer both accessible plain-language explanations and detailed technical summaries, ensuring that groundbreaking research is understandable to everyone from students to seasoned experts. Below are the latest papers in this dynamic field, ready for you to explore with clarity and depth.

On the magnetic counterpart of the Uehling correction

This paper investigates the magnetic counterpart of the Uehling correction in QED by calculating vacuum polarization effects around a classical point-like magnet, revealing induced paramagnetic currents, a quantum-level breaking of the symmetry between electric and magnetic dipole fields, and resulting contributions to the hyperfine structure of hydrogen-like atoms.

T. Azevedo, F. A. Barone, C. Farina, R. de Melo e Souza, G. Zarpelon2026-05-07⚛️ hep-ph

Composite top partners in exotic colour representations

This contribution systematically investigates the phenomenology of fermionic top partners in exotic color-sextet representations within composite Higgs models, derives their decay patterns, and establishes current LHC exclusion limits up to 2.5 TeV as well as the projected sensitivity of the HL-LHC near 3 TeV.

Giacomo Cacciapaglia, Rosy Caliri, Aldo Deandrea, Benjamin Fuks, Mark Goodsell, Jan Hadlik, Manuel Kunkel, Werner Porod2026-05-07⚛️ hep-ph

Pressure-Energy Equations of State of the Nucleon

This work derives pressure-energy equations of state for the nucleon from gravitational form factors and the conservation of the energy-momentum tensor, revealing a fundamental balance between pressure-induced static pressure (associated with condensate depletion and confinement) and traceless dynamic pressure, while simultaneously demonstrating that the same relations also apply to vortices in type-II superconductors and the cosmological constant in the Λ\LambdaCDM model.

Keh-Fei Liu2026-05-07⚛️ hep-lat

Neutrino Flavor Transformation in Collapsing Supermassive Objects

This article examines how the high neutrino fluxes generated during the collapse of supermassive stars undergo flavor transformations via MSW resonances and collective oscillations, whereby, depending on the neutrino mass hierarchy, electron-neutrino fluxes can be exchanged with muon/tau flavors, significantly affecting energy deposition and nucleosynthesis in the outer layers of the star.

Kyle S. Kehrer, George M. Fuller, Ian Padilla-Gay, Chad T. Kishimoto2026-05-07🔭 astro-ph

Production of DsDˉsD_s\bar{D}_s and DDˉD\bar{D} bound states in the BB decays within the Bethe-Salpeter framework

This work investigates the production of DsDˉsD_s\bar{D}_s- and DDˉD\bar{D}-bound states in BB decays using the Bethe-Salpeter framework and the one-boson-exchange model, finding that while DDˉD\bar{D}-bound states exist across all coupling sets, DsDˉsD_s\bar{D}_s-bound states are restricted to specific parameter ranges, with predicted branching ratios in the range of 10610^{-6} to 10410^{-4}.

Zhen-Yang Wang, Jing-Juan Qi, Zhen-Hua Zhang, Xin-Heng Guo2026-05-07⚛️ hep-ex

New Predictions for the Lifetimes of Doubly Heavy Baryons and the BcB_c Meson

This contribution presents updated theoretical predictions for the lifetimes of all weakly decaying doubly heavy baryons ($bb$, $cc$, $bc$) as well as the BcB_c meson by incorporating higher-order QCD corrections, comparing various mass schemes, and establishing specific lifetime hierarchies for different ground-state spin configurations.

Lovro Dulibić, Blaženka Melić, Ivan Nišandžić2026-05-07⚛️ hep-ph