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.

Angular-resolved nonlinear optical response as a probe of Lorentz violation in noncentrosymmetric materials

This paper proposes a method to detect weak Lorentz-violating backgrounds in noncentrosymmetric crystals by measuring a distinct π\pi-periodic angular modulation in the nonlinear shift photocurrent, which arises from momentum-odd corrections to the Bloch Hamiltonian and offers sensitivity to coupling strengths as low as ξ1024Cm\xi\sim10^{-24}\,\mathrm{C\,m}.

Guilherme J. Inacio, Nathanael N. Batista, Wesley Spalenza, Humberto Belich, Juan José Palacios, Wendel S. Paz2026-04-24🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Sharpening New Physics Searches in Neutrino Oscillations with DUNE-PRISM

This paper demonstrates that the DUNE-PRISM technique, which utilizes measurements at multiple off-axis angles to mitigate flux and cross-section systematic uncertainties, significantly restores the sensitivity of the DUNE experiment to new physics scenarios like non-unitarity and sterile neutrinos in the electron and muon sectors, while providing high-statistics flux data for future analyses.

Josu Hernández-García, Jacobo López-Pavón, Salvador Urrea2026-04-24⚛️ hep-ph

Kitchen Sink Anomaly Detection

This paper addresses limitations in existing resonant anomaly detection methods by introducing new simulated signal benchmarks and a comprehensive "kitchen sink" observable set combining Energy Flow Polynomials and subjettiness variables, demonstrating that this approach offers superior sensitivity across diverse signal types while an attribute bagging variant significantly reduces training costs with comparable performance.

Ranit Das, Marie Hein, Gregor Kasieczka, Michael Krämer, Lukas Lang, Radha Mastandrea, Louis Moureaux, Alexander Mück, David Shih2026-04-24⚛️ hep-ph

Masked-Token Prediction for Anomaly Detection at the Large Hadron Collider

This paper introduces the first application of masked-token prediction, a technique adapted from Large Language Models, to anomaly detection at the Large Hadron Collider, demonstrating that a lightweight transformer trained solely on Standard Model background events can effectively identify rare new-physics signals through deviations in learned data structures.

Ambre Visive, Roberto Ruiz de Austri, Polina Moskvitina, Clara Nellist, Sascha Caron2026-04-24⚛️ hep-ph

Neutron Portal and Dark Matter-Baryon Coincidence: from UV Completion to Phenomenology

This paper proposes a dynamical framework linking the dark matter-baryon coincidence to a GeV-scale asymmetric dark matter scenario, where a strongly supercooled dark confinement phase transition—potentially responsible for observed nano-Hz gravitational waves—naturally correlates the dark matter mass with the ultraviolet completion of the neutron portal operator.

Sudhakantha Girmohanta, Yuichiro Nakai, Yoshihiro Shigekami, Zhihao Zhang2026-04-24⚛️ hep-ph