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.

Diagnosing the Properties and Evolutionary Fates of Black Hole and Wolf-Rayet X-ray Binaries as Potential Gravitational Wave Sources for the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Network

This study utilizes revised accretion efficiency models and MESA binary evolution calculations to constrain the masses and spins of black holes in IC 10 X-1, NGC 300 X-1, and Cyg X-3, revealing that these Wolf-Rayet X-ray binaries are likely to evolve into binary black hole systems that will merge within a Hubble time and serve as detectable gravitational wave sources for the LVK network.

Zi-Yuan Wang, Ying Qin, Georges Meynet, Qing-Zhong Liu, Xin-Wen Shu, Ya-Wen Xue, Liang Yuan, Jun-Qian Li, Kun Jia, Han-Feng Song2026-03-25⚛️ hep-ph

Structure Formation with Dark Magnetohydrodynamics

This paper presents the first magnetohydrodynamic study of gravitational collapse in a secluded dark U(1)DU(1)_D model, demonstrating that dark magnetic fields induce direction-dependent anisotropic pressure that suppresses small-scale power and can be tested by future high-resolution probes like CMB-HD, HERA, and EDGES.

Pierce Giffin, Andrew Liu, Jeremias Boucsein, Akaxia Cruz, Anirudh Prabhu, Stefano Profumo, M. Grant Roberts2026-03-25⚛️ hep-ph

Constraining the Higgs potential using multi-Higgs production

This paper summarizes the current status of next-to-leading-order electroweak corrections to double-Higgs production within Standard Model and Higgs Effective Field Theory frameworks, highlighting how these calculations enhance sensitivity to Higgs self-couplings and provide complementary constraints on the Higgs potential for future collider experiments.

Jia-Le Ding, Zach Gillis, Ulrich Haisch, Brian Moser, Hai Tao Li, Davide Pagani, Luca Rottoli, Ambresh Shivaji, Zong-Guo Si, Jian Wang, Philipp Windischhofer, Xiao Zhang, Dan Zhao2026-03-25⚛️ hep-ex

Search for the production of dark Higgs in the framework of Mono-Z^{\prime} portal at the FCC-ee simulated electron-positron collisions at s=240\sqrt{s} = 240 GeV

This paper investigates the production of dark Higgs bosons via a Mono-Z' portal in simulated electron-positron collisions at the FCC-ee operating at 240 GeV, utilizing dimuon plus missing transverse energy events to set 95% confidence level upper limits on the dark Higgs mass in the absence of new physics discoveries.

S. Elgammal, N. De Filippis2026-03-25⚛️ hep-ph

Neutrino Oscillation Parameter Estimation Using Structured Hierarchical Transformers

This paper introduces a structured hierarchical transformer framework that reformulates atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameter inference as a supervised regression task, achieving accuracy comparable to Markov Chain Monte Carlo baselines while offering significant computational speedups and reliable, distribution-free uncertainty quantification.

Giorgio Morales, Gregory Lehaut, Antonin Vacheret, Frederic Jurie, Jalal Fadili2026-03-25⚛️ hep-ph