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.

⚛️ lattice

An efficient Wavelet-Based Hamiltonian Formulation of Quantum Field Theories using Flow-Equations

This paper proposes an efficient framework for analyzing quantum field theories by combining a Daubechies wavelet basis with Similarity Renormalization Group flow equations to systematically decouple degrees of freedom across scales, thereby enabling the extraction of low-energy spectra from reduced-resolution Hamiltonian blocks with significantly lower computational cost.

Mrinmoy Basak, Debsubhra Chakraborty, Nilmani Mathur2026-04-17
⚛️ phenomenology

Inflaton Regeneration via Scalar Couplings: Generic Models and the Higgs Portal

This paper demonstrates that for inflationary models with monomial potentials V(ϕ)∝ϕkV(\phi) \propto \phi^k (k≥4k \ge 4), the inflaton's asymptotically vanishing mass allows it to be regenerated from the thermal plasma long after reheating, offering a new framework to constrain reheating mechanisms and potentially explain dark matter.

Kunio Kaneta, Tomo Takahashi, Natsumi Watanabe2026-04-17
⚛️ phenomenology

Exploring non-equilibrium effects in sequential freeze-in

This paper investigates non-equilibrium effects in a two-scalar sequential freeze-in dark matter model, demonstrating that full phase-space treatments can yield relic abundance predictions deviating by up to an order of magnitude from traditional number-density approaches, thereby underscoring the necessity of advanced numerical tools for accurate multi-component dark sector modeling.

Shiuli Chatterjee, Andrzej Hryczuk2026-04-17
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Charmed baryon decays at BESIII

This paper summarizes recent BESIII results on charmed-baryon decays derived from the world's largest sample of Λc+Λˉc−\Lambda_c^+\bar{\Lambda}_c^- pairs, highlighting the observation of the rare semi-leptonic decay Λc+→ne+νe\Lambda_c^+\to ne^+\nu_e, the first measurement of the decay asymmetry in Λc+→Ξ0K+\Lambda_c^+\to\Xi^0K^+, and various branching fraction measurements and partial wave analyses.

Xudong Yu (on behalf of the BESIII Collaboration)2026-04-17
⚛️ phenomenology

Status of the hadronic light-by-light contribution to the muon g−2g-2 and holographic QCD predictions

This paper reviews recent progress in the hadronic light-by-light contribution to the muon g−2g-2 and presents new holographic QCD predictions, particularly regarding tensor-meson contributions, which offer a potential resolution to the tension between lattice and data-driven results by yielding a sizable positive contribution consistent with short-distance constraints.

Anton Rebhan, Luigi Cappiello, Josef Leutgeb, Jonas Mager2026-04-17
⚛️ phenomenology

Phenomenology of Vanishing Effective Majorana Mass with a Sterile Neutrino under Cosmological and JUNO Constraints

This paper investigates the parameter space for a vanishing effective Majorana mass in a 3+13+1 sterile neutrino framework, demonstrating that while cosmological bounds on the sum of neutrino masses constrain the sterile mixing angle and lightest active neutrino mass, the resulting cancellation mechanism renders the sterile mixing angle insensitive to the high-precision solar oscillation measurements expected from the JUNO experiment.

Rushi Chambyal, Tapender, Labh Singh, Surender Verma2026-04-17
⚛️ phenomenology

Production of doubly heavy quarkonium associated with two heavy quarks via top quark decays

This paper analyzes the production of doubly heavy quarkonia (Bˉc(∗)\bar{B}_c^{(*)} and charmonia) via the 1→41 \rightarrow 4 top-quark decay channel within the NRQCD framework, revealing significant decay widths that could yield thousands of events annually at the LHC and offering a sensitive probe for validating the narrow-width approximation.

Juan-Juan Niu, Xu-Chang Zheng, Hong-Hao Ma2026-04-17