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.

⚛️ lattice

Spectral reconstruction techniques, their shortcomings and relevance to the electric conductivity coefficient

This paper evaluates a machine learning framework and a novel multipoint method for the ill-posed spectral reconstruction problem by comparing them against established techniques on mock data, then applying the most effective approaches to quenched lattice data to extract the electric conductivity in the presence of a non-zero external magnetic field.

C. Andratschke, B. B. Brandt, E. Garnacho-Velasco, L. Pannullo, S. Singh, A. Dean M. Valois2026-03-20
⚛️ phenomenology

Constraining the light Higgs bosons in the GNMSSM with recent Higgs data

This study constrains the parameter space of the General Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (GNMSSM) by analyzing exotic decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson into light scalar and pseudoscalar pairs under recent experimental constraints, revealing strict limits on singlet admixtures and identifying viable dark matter scenarios dominated by singlinos or higgsinos depending on whether the observed Higgs is the lightest or next-to-lightest CP-even state.

Zhaoxia Heng, Zehan Li, Haijing Zhou2026-03-19
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Searching for HWW Anomalous Couplings with Simulation-Based Inference

This paper demonstrates that simulation-based inference methods, particularly optimal-observable estimators and robust likelihood-ratio approaches, offer superior or comparable sensitivity to $HWW$ anomalous couplings in the \WHνbbˉ\WH \rightarrow \ell \nu b\bar{b} channel compared to traditional histogram analyses, highlighting their potential to surpass current LHC constraints with Run 3 data.

Marta Silva, Ricardo Barrué, Inês Ochoa, Patricia Conde Muíño2026-03-19
⚛️ phenomenology

First galaxy ultraviolet luminosity function limits on dark matter-proton scattering

This study utilizes high-redshift ultraviolet galaxy luminosity functions from Hubble Space Telescope observations, combined with CMB and supernova data, to set stringent new constraints on dark matter-proton scattering cross sections for various velocity dependencies, demonstrating that lensed field data significantly improves limits on velocity-dependent interactions beyond existing bounds from Milky Way satellites and CMB anisotropies.

Hovav Lazare, Ely D. Kovetz, Kimberly K. Boddy, Julian B. Munoz2026-03-19
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Viability of A4A_4, S4S_4 and A5A_5 Flavour Symmetries in Light of the First JUNO Result

This paper evaluates the viability of A4A_4, S4S_4, and A5A_5 discrete flavour symmetries by incorporating the first JUNO measurement of sin2θ12\sin^2\theta_{12} into global neutrino oscillation data, revealing that the number of compatible mixing pattern cases is reduced from five to three for normal ordering and from four to two for inverted ordering at the 3σ3\sigma confidence level.

S. T. Petcov, A. V. Titov2026-03-19