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

The Majoron Cosmological Window: Dark Matter and Thermal Leptogenesis

This paper demonstrates that the minimal majoron framework can simultaneously explain neutrino masses, dark matter, and the matter-antimatter asymmetry by identifying a cosmologically viable parameter space where high-scale thermal leptogenesis constrains the majoron abundance and couplings, making the scenario testable by future X- and gamma-ray telescopes.

Arturo de Giorgi, Daniel Naredo-Tuero, Xavier Ponce Díaz2026-05-20
🔭 astrophysics

Flavor Conversion Enhances or Suppresses Supernova Explodability Independent of the Progenitor Mass

This study demonstrates through spherical core-collapse supernova simulations of various progenitor masses that flavor conversion can either enhance or suppress explosion success by altering neutrino heating efficiency, depending critically on whether the conversion occurs near the gain region or the neutrino decoupling region, regardless of the progenitor's mass or compactness.

Mariam Gogilashvili, Irene Tamborra2026-05-20
⚛️ phenomenology

The twist-3 gluon contribution to ANA_N in J/ψJ/\psi production in $pp$ collisions

This paper presents the first rigorous collinear factorization calculation of the twist-3 gluon contribution to the single transverse-spin asymmetry in J/ψJ/\psi production, demonstrating that the CC-even gluon distribution drives a sizable asymmetry at RHIC and LHC energies and offering a unique probe for the three-dimensional motion of gluons within the proton.

Longjie Chen, Shinsuke Yoshida2026-05-20
⚛️ phenomenology

A comparative study of TccT_{cc} versus X(3872)X(3872) production in $pp$ collisions at s=\sqrt{s}= 7 TeV

This paper utilizes the PACIAE and DCPC models to compare TccT_{cc} and X(3872)X(3872) production in 7 TeV $pp$ collisions, revealing significant differences in transverse momentum spectra between compact tetraquark and molecular states that can serve as experimental criteria for distinguishing their internal structures.

Hongge Xu, Tianqi Luo, Yi-Long Xie, Zhi-Lei She, Ning Yu, Zuman Zhang2026-05-20
⚛️ phenomenology

Redetermination of proton sea distributions

This paper presents a redetermination of the proton's light flavor sea quark distributions using NNLO global analyses of HERA and ATLAS data, revealing an unexpected asymmetry where the anti-up quark distribution exceeds the anti-down quark distribution in the momentum fraction range x∈(10−2,1)x\in(10^{-2}, 1), leading to a Gottfried Sum Rule value that significantly differs from previous experimental results.

Alim Ruzi, Bo-Qiang Ma2026-05-20
⚛️ phenomenology

Probing the Rare Four-Bottom Higgs Decay H→bbˉbbˉH\to b\bar b b\bar b at the HL-LHC and ILC

This paper proposes the rare Standard Model Higgs decay H→bbˉbbˉH\to b\bar b b\bar b as a probe of Higgs interactions, calculating its branching ratio of approximately 1.6×10−31.6\times10^{-3} and demonstrating that it can be observed with high significance at both the High-Luminosity LHC and the ILC using multivariate analysis techniques.

Alexander Belyaev, Eduard Boos, Vyacheslav Bunichev, Guliya Nurbakova, Saniya Rustembayeva2026-05-20