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

Standard Model Symmetries and the Nested Embeddings of R⊂C⊂H⊂O\mathbb{R}\subset\mathbb{C}\subset\mathbb{H}\subset\mathbb{O}

This paper proposes that the Standard Model's internal symmetries arise from the nested algebraic embeddings of real numbers through complex numbers, quaternions, and octonions into a 16-dimensional algebra, where specific conditions on endomorphisms and graded structures naturally yield the known gauge groups and charge operators.

N. Furey2026-07-22
⚛️ high-energy experiments

De+e−e^+e^-ffusion: Capturing the Beam-Beam Physics of e+e−e^+e^- Collisions with Diffusion Models

The paper introduces De+e−e^+e^-ffusion, a permutation-equivariant diffusion model that serves as a fast and accurate surrogate for computationally expensive Monte Carlo simulations of incoherent pair creation backgrounds at high-luminosity e+e−e^+e^- colliders like FCC-ee, generating events nearly four orders of magnitude faster than Geant4 while faithfully reproducing key kinematic and detector-level distributions.

Antonio Chahine, Mariarosaria D'Alfonso, Jan Eysermans, Emmett Forrestel, Loukas Gouskos, Lindsey Gray, Katie Kudela, Ha (…)2026-07-22
⚛️ phenomenology

A coupled-channel quark model study of possible Ξcc(∗)K(∗)\Xi_{cc}^{(*)} K^{(*)} molecular states

Using the quark delocalization color screening model, this study predicts three bound states and two resonance states in the Ξcc(∗)K(∗)\Xi_{cc}^{(*)}K^{(*)} molecular systems, with the I(JP)=0(1/2−)I(J^P)=0(1/2^{-}) ΞccK\Xi_{cc}K bound state identified as a particularly promising candidate for future experimental verification.

Ye Yan, Qi Huang, Yuheng Wu, Hongxia Huang, Jialun Ping2026-07-22
⚛️ phenomenology

LFV decays in a 3-3-1 model with singlet leptoquarks

This paper extends a 3-3-1 model with singlet leptoquarks, which successfully explains the muon anomalous magnetic moment and μ→eγ\mu\to e\gamma, to demonstrate that lepton-flavor-violating Higgs and ZZ boson decays exhibit a linear correlation with radiative decays and reveal a complementary interplay between electron and muon anomalous magnetic moments that allows specific decay channels to reach experimental limits while suppressing others.

N. H. T. Nha, L. T. Hue, N. T. K. Ngan, P. T. Bich, T. T. Hong, N. T. Tham2026-07-22
⚛️ nuclear experiments

Nonlinear collective flow reveals the breakdown of quadrupole--hexadecapole scaling in heavy ion collisions

This study demonstrates that nonlinear collective flow in ultra-central 238^{238}U+238^{238}U collisions, particularly through the sixth-order harmonic's sensitivity to mode coupling, provides a direct and experimentally accessible signature to isolate the intrinsic hexadecapole deformation (β4\beta_4) and reveal deviations from the quadrupole--hexadecapole scaling in nuclear structure.

Hadi Mehrabpour, Zahra Sheibani, Li Yan, Chunjian Zhang, Abolfazl Mirjalili2026-07-22
⚛️ phenomenology

Domain Walls From Confining Bubbles: SU(Nc)SU(N_{c}) Yang Mills at Finite θ\theta

This paper investigates the confinement phase transition in SU(Nc)SU(N_c) pure Yang-Mills theory at finite θ\theta using the Improved Holographic QCD model, demonstrating that the critical temperature decreases with θ\theta to reduce supercooling and analyzing the resulting dynamical formation of domain walls and their potential gravitational wave signatures.

Bruno Missoni, Enrico Morgante, Nicklas Ramberg2026-07-22
⚛️ phenomenology

A Non-Holomorphic Modular A4A_4 Framework for Resonant Leptogenesis with Gravitational Wave Signatures

This paper proposes a type-I seesaw framework utilizing non-holomorphic A4A_4 modular symmetry to naturally generate quasi-degenerate right-handed neutrinos for resonant leptogenesis at the O(103)\mathcal{O}(10^3) TeV scale, while simultaneously predicting a distinctive double-peaked gravitational wave spectrum from domain wall annihilation and a first-order phase transition.

Mitesh Kumar Behera, Jaydeb Das, Niloy Mondal2026-07-22
⚛️ phenomenology

Automated higher-order predictions for ultra-peripheral collisions with full impact-parameter dependence

This paper introduces an automated framework within the Sherpa event generator for simulating photon-induced processes in proton and nuclear collisions with full impact-parameter dependence and higher-order electroweak corrections, which is validated against ATLAS data and used to provide new predictions for exclusive WW- and τ\tau-pair production.

Frank Krauss, Peter Meinzinger2026-07-22