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.

Classical and quantum evolution of inflationary fluctuations

This paper demonstrates that even when classical and quantum dynamics are aligned at a specific moment during inflation, their correlation functions diverge exponentially by the end of inflation due to interactions, a difference illustrated through the bispectrum and tensor power spectrum that also clarifies the absence of poles in the scalar bispectrum from finite-time classical evolution.

Guillermo Ballesteros, Jesús Gambín Egea, Alejandro Pérez Rodríguez2026-04-21⚛️ hep-th

New Physics in inclusive BˉXcνˉ\bar{B} \to X_c \ell \bar{\nu} decays

This paper presents the first global phenomenological fit of inclusive BˉXcνˉ\bar{B} \to X_c \ell \bar{\nu} decays to all available experimental data within the Weak Effective Theory, incorporating generic dimension-six New Physics and higher-order corrections, and finds no significant evidence for New Physics while establishing competitive bounds on the relevant Wilson coefficients.

Alexandre Carvunis, Gael Finauri, Paolo Gambino, Martin Jung, Sandro Mächler2026-04-21⚛️ hep-ph

Lorentz and CPT violation and the hydrogen and antihydrogen molecular ions I -- rovibrational states

This paper analyzes the rovibrational spectrum of hydrogen and antihydrogen molecular ions within a low-energy effective theory to demonstrate that these systems offer enhanced sensitivity to Lorentz and CPT violation in the proton sector—scaling as O(mp/me)O(m_p/m_e) compared to atomic transitions—thereby providing a promising avenue for high-precision tests of fundamental symmetries.

Graham M. Shore2026-04-20🔬 physics.atom-ph

Classical constant electric fields and the Schwinger effect in de Sitter

This paper demonstrates that sustaining a constant electric field in de Sitter space necessitates a tachyonic photon mass, which, when incorporated into an on-shell renormalization scheme, resolves previous infrared divergences by yielding a finite, positive Schwinger current for both charged fermions and scalars.

Mar Bastero-Gil, Paulo B. Ferraz, António Torres Manso, Lorenzo Ubaldi, Roberto Vega-Morales2026-04-20⚛️ hep-th

Three-Loop Gauge Beta Functions in Supersymmetric Theories with Exponential Higher Covariant Derivative Regularization

This paper explicitly calculates the regulator-dependent parameters for three-loop gauge β\beta-functions in N=1\mathcal{N}=1 supersymmetric theories using exponential higher covariant derivative regularization, providing closed-form expressions and demonstrating how finite coupling redefinitions restore the Novikov–Shifman–Vainshtein–Zakharov relation.

Swapnil kumar Singh2026-04-20⚛️ hep-th