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

On the magnetic counterpart of the Uehling correction

This paper investigates the magnetic counterpart of the Uehling correction in QED by calculating vacuum polarization effects around a classical point-like magnet, revealing induced paramagnetic currents, a quantum-level breaking of the symmetry between electric and magnetic dipole fields, and resulting contributions to the hyperfine structure of hydrogen-like atoms.

T. Azevedo, F. A. Barone, C. Farina, R. de Melo e Souza, G. Zarpelon2026-05-07
⚛️ phenomenology

Composite top partners in exotic colour representations

This contribution systematically investigates the phenomenology of fermionic top partners in exotic color-sextet representations within composite Higgs models, derives their decay patterns, and establishes current LHC exclusion limits up to 2.5 TeV as well as the projected sensitivity of the HL-LHC near 3 TeV.

Giacomo Cacciapaglia, Rosy Caliri, Aldo Deandrea, Benjamin Fuks, Mark Goodsell, Jan Hadlik, Manuel Kunkel, Werner Porod2026-05-07
⚛️ lattice

Pressure-Energy Equations of State of the Nucleon

This work derives pressure-energy equations of state for the nucleon from gravitational form factors and the conservation of the energy-momentum tensor, revealing a fundamental balance between pressure-induced static pressure (associated with condensate depletion and confinement) and traceless dynamic pressure, while simultaneously demonstrating that the same relations also apply to vortices in type-II superconductors and the cosmological constant in the Λ\LambdaCDM model.

Keh-Fei Liu2026-05-07
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Indications for New Higgs Bosons

This article summarizes compelling evidence for new Higgs bosons at approximately 95 GeV and 152 GeV and suggests that these electroweak-scale excesses—particularly in the two-photon channel and in specific production modes—could resolve tensions in the Standard Model and explain phenomena such as dark matter and neutrino masses.

Andreas Crivellin, Saiyad Ashanujjaman, Sumit Banik, Siddharth P. Maharathy, Guglielmo Coloretti2026-05-07
🔭 astrophysics

Neutrino Flavor Transformation in Collapsing Supermassive Objects

This article examines how the high neutrino fluxes generated during the collapse of supermassive stars undergo flavor transformations via MSW resonances and collective oscillations, whereby, depending on the neutrino mass hierarchy, electron-neutrino fluxes can be exchanged with muon/tau flavors, significantly affecting energy deposition and nucleosynthesis in the outer layers of the star.

Kyle S. Kehrer, George M. Fuller, Ian Padilla-Gay, Chad T. Kishimoto2026-05-07
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Production of DsDˉsD_s\bar{D}_s and DDˉD\bar{D} bound states in the BB decays within the Bethe-Salpeter framework

This work investigates the production of DsDˉsD_s\bar{D}_s- and DDˉD\bar{D}-bound states in BB decays using the Bethe-Salpeter framework and the one-boson-exchange model, finding that while DDˉD\bar{D}-bound states exist across all coupling sets, DsDˉsD_s\bar{D}_s-bound states are restricted to specific parameter ranges, with predicted branching ratios in the range of 10−610^{-6} to 10−410^{-4}.

Zhen-Yang Wang, Jing-Juan Qi, Zhen-Hua Zhang, Xin-Heng Guo2026-05-07