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

Towards AI-assisted Neutrino Flavor Theory Design

This paper introduces AMBer, an autonomous reinforcement learning framework that efficiently constructs viable neutrino flavor theories by systematically selecting symmetry groups and particle representations while minimizing free parameters, demonstrating its potential to automate complex theoretical model-building tasks.

Jason Benjamin Baretz, Max Fieg, Vijay Ganesh, Aishik Ghosh, V. Knapp-Perez, Jake Rudolph, Daniel Whiteson2026-04-17
⚛️ phenomenology

WIMP/FIMP dark matter and primordial black holes with memory burden effect

This paper proposes a unified dark matter scenario where the total relic abundance arises from the sum of thermally produced WIMPs, PBHs stabilized by the memory burden effect, and non-thermal WIMPs or FIMPs emitted from those PBHs, provided specific conditions prevent the emitted particles from thermalizing and ensure PBHs do not dominate the universe's energy density.

Teruyuki Kitabayashi, Amane Takeshita2026-04-17
⚛️ nuclear theory

Probing nuclear structure with the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation in full impact-parameter dependence

This paper extends the solution of the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation with full impact-parameter dependence to nuclear targets, providing predictions for key processes like deep-inelastic scattering and diffractive vector meson production to investigate gluon saturation and nuclear structure effects relevant for future facilities like the EIC and current LHC studies.

J. Cepila, M. Matas, M. Vaculciak2026-04-17
⚛️ general relativity

Exact, non-singular black holes from a phantom DBI Field as primordial dark matter

This paper presents the first exact, non-singular black hole solution in General Relativity sourced by the phantom branch of a Dirac-Born-Infeld scalar field, which resolves the central singularity via kinetic stiffness and allows primordial black holes to survive evaporation as gram-scale relics, thereby opening a new mass window for dark matter.

Tausif Parvez (IIT Bombay), S. Shankaranarayanan (IIT Bombay)2026-04-17
⚛️ phenomenology

Bayesian Inference of Heavy-Quark Dissipation and Jet Transport Parameters from D-Meson observables in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC energies

This study presents the first simultaneous Bayesian inference of temperature-dependent heavy-quark spatial diffusion and jet transport coefficients in quark-gluon plasma using LHC D-meson data, revealing a non-monotonic temperature dependence in their ratio and establishing a data-driven quantitative relationship between these fundamental transport properties.

Xu-Fei Xue, Zi-Xuan Xu, Wei Dai, Jiaxing Zhao, Ben-Wei Zhang2026-04-17
⚛️ general relativity

Exact black holes and black branes with bumpy horizons supported by superfluid pions

This paper presents exact solutions for bumpy black holes and black branes in the Einstein SU(2)SU(2) non-linear sigma model, where superfluid pion multi-vortices induce horizon deformations governed by a Liouville equation and characterized by a topological vorticity invariant that dictates the geometry and thermodynamics.

Fabrizio Canfora, Andrés Gomberoff, Carla Henríquez-Baez, Aldo Vera2026-04-17
⚛️ high-energy theory

Beyond the Dilute Instanton Gas: Resurgence with Exact Saddles in the Double Well

This paper demonstrates that by utilizing exact finite-temperature saddles and a Picard-Lefschetz contour integral framework involving Weierstrass elliptic functions and Lamé operators, one can systematically compute the full resurgent structure of the double-well partition function and energy levels for all excited states, thereby overcoming the limitations of the traditional dilute instanton gas approximation.

Aurélien Dersy, Matthew D. Schwartz2026-04-17