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.

⚛️ high-energy experiments

Lepton Number Violation at the LHC in Radiative Neutrino Mass Models with Leptoquarks

This paper investigates the potential for the High-Luminosity LHC to detect lepton number violation via same-sign dilepton plus jet signatures in a radiative neutrino mass model with leptoquarks, finding that it can probe leptoquark masses up to approximately 1.5 TeV and unambiguously establish the Majorana nature of neutrinos.

K. S. Babu, Rahool Kumar Barman, Dorival Gonçalves2026-09-23
⚛️ phenomenology

Cosmological signature and light Dark Matter in Dirac Lμ−LτL_μ-L_τ model

This paper investigates an anomaly-free Dirac Lμ−LτL_\mu-L_\tau extension of the Standard Model that incorporates a viable light dark matter candidate and explains neutrino masses, demonstrating how resonance-driven early kinetic decoupling and dark radiation constraints significantly restrict the parameter space to regions accessible by current and future experiments.

Pritam Das2026-09-23
⚛️ lattice

Experiment ↔\leftrightarrow lattice QCD: understanding high-temperature QCD matter

This paper reviews the synergistic relationship between relativistic heavy-ion collision experiments and lattice QCD calculations in characterizing high-temperature QCD matter, highlighting key areas such as the equation of state, transport properties, and the search for a critical point while addressing the challenges of comparing equilibrium theory with dynamic experimental systems.

Bedangadas Mohanty2026-09-23
⚛️ general relativity

Quantum Clausius relation beyond de Sitter equilibrium

This paper establishes a direct quantum Clausius relation for conformal fields in quasi-de Sitter spacetime by demonstrating that the net heat flow across the apparent horizon matches the time evolution of renormalized von Neumann entropy, thereby realizing dynamical horizon thermodynamics beyond exact de Sitter equilibrium without relying on gravitational equations of motion.

Jinn-Ouk Gong, TaeHun Kim, Junghwan Lee, Chang Sub Shin2026-09-23
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Nonlocal advantage of quantum coherence in tau-lepton pairs from electron--positron collisions

This paper proposes a dedicated experimental scheme to observe the Nonlocal Advantage of Quantum Coherence (NAQC) in tau-lepton pairs produced at Belle~II and FCC-$ee$ colliders, demonstrating that high-precision measurements can certify this strongest form of quantum correlation for the first time in a high-energy collider setting.

Yoav Afik, Juan Ramón Muñoz de Nova, Sarthak Sharma, Surya Sundar Raman2026-09-23
⚛️ high-energy theory

Restoring minimal modular neutrino masses via Kähler RR-parity violation

This paper reanalyzes Feruglio's minimal modular A4A_4 neutrino mass model within local supersymmetry, demonstrating that Kähler RR-parity violation induces additional contributions that enable accurate reproduction of neutrino mixing angles and mass ratios for both normal and inverted orderings via either the Weinberg operator or a ϕ\phi-induced seesaw mechanism.

Anjan S. Joshipura, Ketan M. Patel2026-09-23