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

Two-loop rainbow neutrino masses in a non-invertible symmetry

This paper proposes a two-loop rainbow neutrino mass model based on a gauged Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 subgroup of a Z6\mathbb{Z}_6 non-invertible symmetry, which simultaneously explains neutrino oscillations, provides a stable vector-like fermion dark matter candidate, and predicts a sum of neutrino masses in the normal hierarchy that exceeds that of the inverted hierarchy.

Hiroshi Okada, Yoshihiro Shigekami2026-01-23
⚛️ nuclear theory

Decay Effect on Near-Threshold Mass Scaling with Complex and Coupled-Channel Potentials

This paper investigates how decay channels influence near-threshold mass scaling using potential models, demonstrating that the pole of a quasibound state below the threshold is not continuously connected to that of a resonance state above the threshold, while clarifying the correspondence between single-channel complex and coupled-channel real potential approaches.

Erick Gushiken, Tetsuo Hyodo2026-01-23
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Reanalyzing DESI DR1: 4. Percent-Level Cosmological Constraints from Combined Probes and Robust Evidence for the Normal Neutrino Mass Hierarchy

By combining DESI DR1 full-shape galaxy clustering data with CMB, BAO, and supernova observations, this study achieves percent-level cosmological constraints that significantly tighten limits on the sum of neutrino masses and provide robust evidence for the normal neutrino mass hierarchy, while also revealing a mild preference for dynamical dark energy.

Mikhail M. Ivanov, James M. Sullivan, Shi-Fan Chen, Anton Chudaykin, Mark Maus, Oliver H. E. Philcox2026-01-23
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Search potential for direct slepton pair production at the CEPC with s\sqrt{s} = 360 GeV

This paper presents a sensitivity study demonstrating that the CEPC operating at a center-of-mass energy of 360 GeV, with an integrated luminosity of 1.0 ab1^{-1}, has the potential to discover direct stau pair production up to masses of approximately 170 GeV and smuon pair production up to 178 GeV.

Feng Lyu, Jiarong Yuan, Huajie Cheng, Jianxiong Wang, Rabia Hameed, Da Xu, Xuai Zhuang2026-01-22
⚛️ nuclear theory

3^3H and 3^3He nuclei production in a combined thermal and coalescence framework for heavy-ion collisions in the few-GeV energy regime

This paper presents a combined thermal and coalescence model for heavy-ion collisions in the few-GeV regime that successfully reproduces proton, pion, and deuteron yields but underpredicts the production of 3^3H and 3^3He nuclei by a factor of two compared to experimental data.

Zbigniew Drogosz, Wojciech Florkowski, Radoslaw Ryblewski, Nikodem Witkowski2026-01-22