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.

⚛️ nuclear theory

Statistical properties of non-flow correlations in pp and heavy-ion collisions at RHIC energies

This study analyzes the statistical properties of two-particle cumulants in pp, d-Au, and Au-Au collisions at RHIC energies, revealing that non-flow correlations consistently produce skewed distributions with increasing skewness and kurtosis in non-QGP models, whereas the HYDJET++ model yields a Gaussian distribution that diminishes to zero at larger pseudorapidity separations.

Satya Ranjan Nayak, Akash Das, B. K. Singh2026-02-27
⚛️ lattice

Confinement transition to gravitational waves in the one-flavor $SU(4)$ Hyper Stealth Dark Matter theory

This paper presents a lattice study of the one-flavor $SU(4)$ Hyper Stealth Dark Matter theory, demonstrating that dynamical dark sea quarks reduce the interface tension of the confinement transition and consequently suppress the resulting gravitational wave amplitude.

V. Ayyar, R. C. Brower, G. T. Fleming, J. Ingoldby, X. Y. Jin, N. Matsumoto, A. S. Meyer, E. T. Neil, J. C. Osborn, S. P (…)2026-02-27
⚛️ lattice

Spatially inhomogeneous confinement-deconfinement phase transition in rotating QGP

Using first-principles lattice simulations, this paper reveals a novel spatially inhomogeneous phase in rotating gluon plasma where confining and deconfining regions coexist in thermal equilibrium, with the deconfined phase localized near the rotation axis and the confined phase at the periphery, a structure explained by action anisotropy in the curved co-rotating background rather than the standard Tolman-Ehrenfest law.

V. V. Braguta, M. N. Chernodub, Ya. A. Gershtein, A. A. Roenko2026-02-27
⚛️ lattice

Universal and non-universal finite-volume effects in the vicinity of chiral phase transition in (2+1)-flavor QCD

This paper presents a finite-size scaling analysis of the chiral order parameter in (2+1)-flavor QCD using HISQ lattice data, demonstrating that infinite-volume extrapolated results align with expected O(2)O(2) scaling behavior while quantifying finite-size deviations to improve the precision of chiral phase transition temperature determinations.

Sabarnya Mitra, Jishnu Goswami, Frithjof Karsch2026-02-27