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.

⚛️ high-energy experiments

Searches for the leptophilic Z' boson at the International Linear Collider and Linear Collider Facility

This paper presents sensitivity studies for detecting a leptophilic Z' boson at the International Linear Collider and the Linear Collider Facility at CERN, utilizing WHIZARD simulations to evaluate signal and background in the di-muon channel and establish expected limits on Z' couplings to Standard Model leptons at center-of-mass energies of 250 GeV and 550 GeV.

Aleksander Filip Żarnecki2026-03-18
⚛️ phenomenology

Role of Ξ(1690)\Xi(1690) in the J/ψΞ0ΛˉK0J/\psi\to\Xi^0\bar{\Lambda}K^0 reaction

Motivated by recent BESIII measurements, this study demonstrates that the Ξ(1690)\Xi(1690) resonance, dynamically generated within the chiral unitary approach, plays a crucial role in the J/ψΞ0ΛˉK0J/\psi\to\Xi^0\bar{\Lambda}K^0 reaction and significantly improves the theoretical description of invariant mass distributions compared to previous analyses that neglected it.

Wen-Tao Lyu, Lian-Rong Dai, Eulogio Oset2026-03-18
⚛️ phenomenology

Spin entanglement signatures of proton from a light-front Hamiltonian

This paper compares proton spin entanglement signatures derived from Basis Light-Front Quantization (BLFQ) and a quark-diquark model, revealing that the latter yields significantly stronger tripartite and bipartite entanglement due to larger W-type and Bell-type correlations, while BLFQ results indicate that stronger coupling and smaller quark masses drive the system toward an effective quark-diquark configuration.

Chen Qian, Siqi Xu, Yang-Guang Yang, Xingbo Zhao2026-03-18
⚛️ phenomenology

Light baryon spectra and Regge trajectories from anomalous holographic hard wall models

This paper proposes and evaluates three anomalous holographic hard wall models with logarithmic and power-law corrections to baryonic operator dimensions, demonstrating that these modifications significantly improve the description of light baryon spectra and yield approximately linear Regge trajectories compared to the original hard wall model.

Rafael A. Costa-Silva, Henrique Boschi-Filho2026-03-18
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Prospects for precision CEν\nuNS measurements with electron-capture neutrinos and lithium-based bolometers

The paper evaluates the feasibility of achieving ~3% precision in coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering measurements using mono-energetic electron-capture neutrinos and a compact array of lithium-based bolometers, a capability that could resolve the gallium neutrino anomaly by distinguishing between nuclear effects, source activity errors, and short-baseline oscillations.

Giovanni Benato, Francesca M. Pofi, Andrei Puiu, Christoph A. Ternes2026-03-18
⚛️ phenomenology

New benchmarks for direct detection of freeze-in dark matter in vector portal models

This paper investigates the potential of future direct detection experiments to observe MeV-scale freeze-in dark matter in vector portal models (including dark photons and U(1)LiLjU(1)_{L_i-L_j} or U(1)BLU(1)_{B-L} extensions), demonstrating that low reheating temperatures enable significant parameter space accessibility via nuclear recoils and solar neutrino signals, even for subcomponent dark matter fractions.

David Cerdeño, Patrick Foldenauer, Rafael López Noé, Óscar Zapata2026-03-18
⚛️ nuclear theory

Exploring Intruder Levels of Nuclei (96Zr, 98Zr, 98MO) Within the Framework of IBM-2 Model

This study utilizes the Interacting Boson Model-2 (IBM-2) to successfully investigate the rare intruder nuclear levels in 96Zr^{96}\text{Zr}, 98Zr^{98}\text{Zr}, and 98Mo^{98}\text{Mo}, attributing their anomalous positions to double subshell closures and demonstrating strong agreement between theoretical predictions and experimental data for various transition rates.

Zainab S. M., Ali N. Sabbar, Ali Mahdi Abdul Hussein2026-03-17