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.

⚛️ general relativity

Incorporating neutron star physics into gravitational wave inference with physics-informed priors using normalizing flows

This paper introduces a scalable framework that utilizes normalizing flows to construct physics-informed priors incorporating neutron star physics and equation of state constraints, thereby improving source classification and yielding tighter, more accurate parameter estimates for gravitational wave events compared to traditional agnostic priors.

Thibeau Wouters, Peter T. H. Pang, Tim Dietrich, Chris Van Den Broeck2026-08-18
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Cross-Geometry Transfer Learning in Fast Electromagnetic Shower Simulation

This paper introduces a transfer learning methodology for fast electromagnetic shower simulation that leverages point cloud representations and pre-training on the International Large Detector to efficiently adapt generative models to new detector geometries with minimal target-domain data, significantly outperforming training from scratch while updating only a fraction of the model parameters.

Frank Gaede, Gregor Kasieczka, Lorenzo Valente2026-08-18
⚛️ general relativity

First measurement of the Hubble constant from gravitational wave-galaxy cross-correlations

This paper presents the first measurement of the Hubble constant (H0=67−15+18H_0 = 67^{+18}_{-15} km s−1^{-1}Mpc−1^{-1}) and a constraint on the gravitational wave bias by detecting a cross-correlation peak between gravitational wave events and galaxy distributions using the "Peak Sirens" method.

Isabela Santiago de Matos, Charles Dalang, Tessa Baker, Raul Abramo, João Ferri, Miguel Quartin2026-08-18
🔭 astrophysics

Unveiling Neutrino Nature with the Diffuse Supernova Background

This paper proposes that the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background (DSNB) can determine whether neutrinos are Dirac or Majorana particles by detecting flux alterations caused by resonant chirality flips in magnetorotational supernovae, a signature potentially observable by Hyper-Kamiokande and JUNO within 20 years if a sufficient fraction of core collapses involve strong magnetic fields.

Marco Manno, Pablo Martínez-Miravé, Irene Tamborra2026-08-18
⚛️ phenomenology

Energy Correlators in V+XV + X as a Benchmark Observable for Precision QCD

This paper proposes projected energy correlators measured on the recoiling QCD radiation of a Z/γZ/\gamma boson as a benchmark observable for precision QCD at the LHC, presenting the first complete NLO+NNLL matched predictions by combining fixed-order amplitudes, high-order resummation, and non-perturbative matrix elements within a flexible framework that avoids jet algorithms.

Terry Generet, Kyle Lee, Ian Moult, Rene Poncelet, Xiaoyuan Zhang2026-08-18
⚛️ general relativity

Revisiting environmental effects on black hole quasibound-state spectra with relativistic perturbation theory

This paper presents a relativistic perturbative framework to compute corrections to black hole quasibound-state spectra caused by environmental factors like galactic halos, accretion disks, and binary companions, demonstrating that previous non-relativistic estimates of superradiance termination require revision.

Yin-Da Guo, Qi-Xuan Xu, Richard Brito, Enrico Cannizzaro2026-08-18
⚛️ phenomenology

Sensitivity to Single Vector-Like Bottom Quark Production at 3 TeV CLIC

This paper demonstrates that a multivariate analysis at a 3 TeV CLIC can achieve a discovery significance exceeding 5σ5\sigma for the single production of vector-like bottom quarks in a type-II Two-Higgs-Doublet Model with masses between 1.3 and 1.5 TeV, even with a 15% background normalization uncertainty, whereas a traditional cut-based approach fails to reach discovery sensitivity.

R. Benbrik, M. Berrouj, M. Boukidi, M. Ech-chaouy, K. Kahime, K. Salime2026-08-18