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.

⚛️ phenomenology

First Search for Ultraheavy Dark Matter Using a Magnetically Levitated Particle

The POLONAISE experiment conducted the first search for ultraheavy dark matter using a magnetically levitated milligram-scale ferromagnet, setting leading constraints on dark matter-neutron interactions for masses between 10610^6 and 1015 GeV/c210^{15}\,\mathrm{GeV}/c^2 and extending the reach of levitated sensing by seven orders of magnitude.

Dennis G. Uitenbroek, Dorian W. P. Amaral, Juehang Qin, Jurriaan Langendorff, Andrew Gingerich, Tjerk H. Oosterkamp, Chr (…)2026-08-24
⚛️ phenomenology

Intensity-Frontier Signals of Warped Extra Dimensions

This paper proposes that warped extra dimensions with a low infrared scale could manifest at the intensity frontier through a unique signature involving the production of heavy Kaluza-Klein gravitons, their cascade down a densely spaced tower, and the subsequent macroscopic decay of the lightest mode into photon pairs, offering a distinct alternative to traditional TeV-scale collider searches.

Doojin Kim, Deepak Sathyan, Ankur Verma2026-08-24
⚛️ phenomenology

Probing Non-Holomorphic Modular A4A_4 Double Seesaw: Signatures in Neutrino Oscillation Experiments and Implications for Leptogenesis

This paper proposes a non-holomorphic modular A4A_4 double seesaw model that successfully links low-energy neutrino oscillation parameters, testable at experiments like DUNE and JUNO, to the generation of the observed baryon asymmetry via thermal leptogenesis.

Pratik Adarsh, Dinesh Kumar Singha, Mitesh Kumar Behera, Sudhanwa Patra2026-08-24
⚛️ phenomenology

CDRL: Certification-Driven Reinforcement Learning for Neutrino Flavor Model Discovery

This paper introduces Certification-Driven Reinforcement Learning (CDRL), a framework that leverages symbolic reasoning to generate certificates of failure and convert them into reusable constraints, thereby significantly improving the efficiency and success rate of discovering valid neutrino flavor models within vast combinatorial hypothesis spaces compared to existing methods.

Piyush Jha, Jake Rudolph, Victoria Knapp-Pérez, Max Fieg, Aishik Ghosh, Vijay Ganesh2026-08-24
⚛️ phenomenology

A window for the mixed same-sign signature in the type-II seesaw models

This paper demonstrates that electroweak loop corrections in type-II seesaw models fix the Higgs triplet mass splitting to a narrow range, which critically determines the branching ratio of the mixed same-sign decay channel H±±→H±W±(∗)H^{\pm\pm} \to H^\pm W^{\pm(*)} and significantly shifts existing experimental exclusion boundaries depending on the quartic coupling λ4\lambda_4.

Cheng-Wei Chiang2026-08-24
⚛️ nuclear theory

Hyperonic compact stars with vector portal dark matter

This paper proposes that repulsive interactions mediated by a dark-sector vector portal can stiffen the equation of state for hyperonic compact stars within the modified quark-meson coupling model, thereby resolving the hyperon puzzle and allowing these stars to reach observed two-solar-mass limits while offering new multimessenger tests for dark matter interactions.

Prafulla K. Panda (Utkal Univ.), Deepak Kumar (IISER Berhmapur), Hiranmaya Mishra (NISER Bhubaneswar), Sudhanwa Patra (I (…)2026-08-24
⚛️ phenomenology

The ABC of RPV III: Classification of R-parity Violating Signatures from LQD Couplings and their Coverage at the LHC

This paper presents a systematic study of R-parity violating LQDˉLQ\bar{D} operators in the MSSM, classifying their collider signatures and evaluating current LHC coverage to reveal substantial sensitivity in the colored sector while identifying significant gaps for wino- and higgsino-like LSPs with τ\tau-involving couplings and for directly produced slepton LSPs.

Herbi K. Dreiner, Yong Sheng Koay, Tina Potter, Martin Schürmann, Rhitaja Sengupta, Apoorva Shah, Nadja Strobbe2026-08-24