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

Spectra and elliptic flow of light hadrons in an expanding fire-cylinder model for the RHIC Beam Energy Scan

This study utilizes an expanding elliptic fire-cylinder model to successfully describe the transverse momentum spectra and elliptic flow of light hadrons produced in peripheral Au+Au collisions across the RHIC Beam Energy Scan range, demonstrating that parameters constrained by pion data can consistently predict the behavior of kaons and protons without further adjustment.

Anand Rai, Ashutosh Dwibedi, Sabyasachi Ghosh2026-06-02
⚛️ lattice

Spatial confinement-deconfinement transition in accelerated gluodynamics within lattice simulation

This lattice simulation study reveals that weak acceleration in gluodynamics transforms the finite-temperature confinement-deconfinement phase transition into a spatial crossover where coexisting phases are separated by a boundary accurately described by the Tolman-Ehrenfest law, suggesting such spatial transitions may occur near Schwarzschild black hole horizons.

Victor V. Braguta, Vladimir A. Goy, Jayanta Dey, Artem A. Roenko2026-06-02
🔭 astrophysics

Eigenvalue formulation of Stochastic Inflation and application to large perturbation generating inflationary features

This paper introduces a novel eigenvalue technique to solve the adjoint Fokker-Planck equation for the probability distribution of inflationary e-folds, revealing a previously overlooked power-law intermediate regime in quantum diffusion and characterizing how constant drift potentials qualitatively alter the distribution's peak and tail behavior in narrow- versus broad-well limits.

Swagat S. Mishra, Edmund J. Copeland, Anne M. Green2026-06-02
⚛️ phenomenology

Isosinglet-isotriplet mixing and the X(3872)X(3872) lineshape

This paper proposes a unified framework for the X(3872)X(3872) lineshape based on the mixing of a compact isosinglet and a molecular isotriplet via strong isospin breaking, demonstrating how their interference can explain experimental anomalies such as the enhancement of charged DD∗DD^* decays and distinctive distortions in J/ψπJ/\psi\pi spectra.

Davide Germani, Benjamin Grinstein2026-06-02