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

Probing new physics in the Boosted HH→bbˉγγHH \to b\bar{b}γγ channel at the LHC

This paper presents the first dedicated study of the boosted HH→bbˉγγHH \to b\bar{b}\gamma\gamma channel at the LHC, demonstrating that this topology enhances sensitivity to both non-resonant quartic gauge-Higgs coupling deviations and resonant heavy scalar decays, thereby improving constraints on new physics parameters and extending discovery reach in the high-energy double-Higgs regime.

Mohamed Belfkir2026-06-17
⚛️ general relativity

Background instability of quintessence model in light of entropy and distance conjecture

This paper demonstrates that the background instability of quintessence models can be comprehensively understood through the lens of entropy by showing that a rapid increase in matter entropy, driven by the distance conjecture, violates the covariant entropy bound and implies the existence of a finite event horizon that conflicts with the trans-Planckian censorship bound, while also linking scale separation to the AdS distance conjecture.

Min-Seok Seo2026-06-17
⚛️ phenomenology

∣Vcb∣|V_{cb}| determinations from Bˉ→D(∗)ℓνˉ\bar{B} \to D^{(*)} \ell \bar\nu decays within the SM and beyond

This paper investigates ∣Vcb∣|V_{cb}| determinations from exclusive Bˉ→D(∗)ℓνˉ\bar{B} \to D^{(*)} \ell \bar\nu decays by performing comprehensive fits with various form-factor parameterizations to compare their impact on the results and to assess the constraints on potential new-physics contributions using updated experimental and theoretical data.

Wen-Sheng Fang, Syuhei Iguro, Xin-Qiang Li, Ria Sain, Ryoutaro Watanabe, Ben-Liang Zhang2026-06-17
⚛️ phenomenology

Scaling of the Surface Free Energy as a Probe of the QCD Critical Region

This paper proposes a method to construct a realistic equation of state incorporating surface energy effects to study the QCD critical point, concluding that the extreme temperature precision required to observe critical exponents makes their experimental detection in heavy ion collisions unlikely, though signatures of a first-order phase transition may still be feasible.

Joseph I. Kapusta, Mayank Singh, Shensong Wan2026-06-17