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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

Why fluctuations of conserved charges in the confining regime above $T_{ch}$ behave as if the quarks were free?

This paper resolves the apparent contradiction between free-quark-like fluctuations of conserved charges and confined mesonic correlators above the chiral crossover by demonstrating that while mesonic propagation remains string-bound, conserved quark number densities effectively bypass confinement through quark interchanges between overlapping color-singlet clusters, a phenomenon analogous to quark-hadron duality.

L. Ya. Glozman2026-06-16

⚛️ general relativity

Multi-band cross-correlation dark sirens: Enhancing cosmological parameter and gravitational-wave bias constraints

This paper presents the first Fisher forecast demonstrating that multi-band gravitational-wave observations, combining space-based B-DECIGO and ground-based Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer detectors, significantly enhance cosmological parameter constraints and enable unprecedented redshift-resolved measurements of gravitational-wave clustering bias compared to single-band or ground-only configurations.

Ji-Yu Song, Ya-Nan Du, Yue-Yan Dong, Jing-Fei Zhang, Xin Zhang2026-06-16

⚛️ high-energy theory

Dressed Fock Spaces in Gauge Theory and Gravity

This paper resolves the issue of non-factorising multi-particle states in infrared-finite gauge and gravitational theories by introducing new zero modes and utilizing asymptotic symmetry Goldstone modes, thereby restoring the standard Fock-space factorisation for dressed particles.

Sangmin Choi, Prahar Mitra2026-06-16

⚛️ high-energy theory

The O(4)-breaking bubble

This paper explicitly constructs a nonradial, O(4)-breaking false vacuum decay solution for a scalar field theory with a specific sextic potential, revealing a configuration of two orthogonal bubble-tubes that supports real-time evolution and possesses an odd number of unstable modes.

Guy Avraham, Kfir Blum, Omri Rosner, Isaac G. Smith2026-06-16

⚛️ phenomenology

LIGO, LISA and Ultralight Axion-like Dark Matter

This paper proposes that gravitational wave interferometers like LIGO and LISA can detect ultralight axion-like dark matter by measuring periodic polarization or phase modulations in their laser beams, with LISA projected to achieve sensitivities orders of magnitude better than current helioscope bounds for masses between $10^{-19}$ and $10^{-16}$ eV.

Lawrence M. Krauss (The Origins Project Foundation)2026-06-16✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

⚛️ phenomenology

Modular $S_4$ Scotogenic Model with Flavored Resonant Leptogenesis

This paper proposes a radiative neutrino mass model combining the scotogenic mechanism with modular $S_4$ flavor symmetry, which successfully explains neutrino oscillation data, predicts a specific dark matter candidate and neutrinoless double beta decay signature, and generates the observed baryon asymmetry via resonant leptogenesis without fine-tuning.

Abhishek, V. Suryanarayana Mummidi2026-06-16

⚛️ phenomenology

Search for Invisibly Decaying Light Scalars at the FCC-ee

This paper investigates the potential discovery of invisibly decaying light scalars at the FCC-ee operating at 240 GeV by analyzing their production in association with hadronically decaying Z bosons, demonstrating that the collider could achieve sensitivities of 0.01–1 fb and potentially discover new scalars with masses up to 80 GeV depending on the mixing angle.

Aman Desai, Tania Robens2026-06-16

⚛️ general relativity

Ultraviolet Structure of Real-time Gravitational Wave Linear Response in a Resonant Scalar Field

This paper utilizes the Schwinger-Keldysh formalism and adiabatic regularization to analyze the ultraviolet structure of real-time gravitational wave linear response in a resonant scalar field, identifying specific time-dependent divergences that require new local counterterms and revealing a renormalization mismatch with the tadpole stress tensor that is attributed to the off-shell nature of the background.

Han Lai, Atsuhisa Ota2026-06-16

⚛️ nuclear theory

Static linear response of hot and dense QCD matter to electromagnetic fields: Leading hard and soft QCD corrections

This paper computes the static electromagnetic susceptibilities of hot and dense quark-gluon plasma using perturbative QCD with leading hard and soft corrections, bridging the gap between perturbative calculations and Lattice QCD results to provide first-principle constraints on the plasma's electromagnetic response at finite baryon chemical potential where Lattice methods fail.

Osvaldo Ferreira, Eduardo S. Fraga, Tyler Gorda, Risto Paatelainen, Leon Sandbote, Kaapo Seppänen2026-06-16

⚛️ lattice

Chiral-odd structure of the $N \to \Delta$ transition: tensor form factors from QCD light-cone sum rules

This paper presents the first direct calculation of the four tensor transition form factors for the $N \to \Delta$ transition using QCD light-cone sum rules, revealing distinct flavor decomposition patterns and providing model-independent chiral-odd inputs for future phenomenological analyses.

Ulaş Özdem2026-06-16

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hep-ph

Why fluctuations of conserved charges in the confining regime above TchT_{ch}Tch​ behave as if the quarks were free?

Multi-band cross-correlation dark sirens: Enhancing cosmological parameter and gravitational-wave bias constraints

Dressed Fock Spaces in Gauge Theory and Gravity

The O(4)-breaking bubble

LIGO, LISA and Ultralight Axion-like Dark Matter

Modular S4S_4S4​ Scotogenic Model with Flavored Resonant Leptogenesis

Search for Invisibly Decaying Light Scalars at the FCC-ee

Ultraviolet Structure of Real-time Gravitational Wave Linear Response in a Resonant Scalar Field

Static linear response of hot and dense QCD matter to electromagnetic fields: Leading hard and soft QCD corrections

Chiral-odd structure of the N→ΔN \to \DeltaN→Δ transition: tensor form factors from QCD light-cone sum rules

Why fluctuations of conserved charges in the confining regime above $T_{ch}$ behave as if the quarks were free?

Modular $S_4$ Scotogenic Model with Flavored Resonant Leptogenesis

Chiral-odd structure of the $N \to \Delta$ transition: tensor form factors from QCD light-cone sum rules