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.

⚛️ phenomenology

Coupled Time-Dependent Proton Acceleration and Leptonic-Hadronic Radiation in Turbulent Supermassive Black Hole Coronae

This paper presents a time-dependent numerical framework that self-consistently couples proton acceleration with leptonic-hadronic radiation to successfully model multi-messenger signals from both steady sources like NGC 1068 and transient events such as tidal disruption events, revealing how cascade feedback can significantly delay electromagnetic and neutrino emissions.

Chengchao Yuan, Damiano F. G. Fiorillo, Maria Petropoulou, Qinrui Liu2026-02-09
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Quark polarization and transverse momentum effects on double quarkonium production in hadronic collisions

This paper investigates double quarkonium production in polarized hadronic collisions using the Color-Singlet Model and TMD factorization to demonstrate that measuring azimuthal modulations in specific kinematic regions at COMPASS and AMBER can provide direct access to quark distributions and enable a further test of the quark Sivers function sign change.

Carlo Flore, Cristian Pisano2026-02-09