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.

Evolving Dark Energy Is Vacuum Energy After All

This paper proposes a novel cosmological model where dynamical dark energy arises from the non-perturbative topological structure of the QCD vacuum without introducing new fields, demonstrating that this physically motivated scenario fits current observational data as well as standard models while naturally predicting phantom-crossing behavior without theoretical instabilities.

Dong Ha Lee, Carsten van de Bruck, Eleonora Di Valentino, Ludovic Van Waerbeke, Ariel Zhitnitsky2026-06-19⚛️ hep-th

Non-standard decays of vector-like top partners in a $2$-Higgs doublet model at the HL-LHC

This paper investigates the discovery potential at the High-Luminosity LHC for non-standard decays of vector-like top partners into charged Higgs bosons and subsequent tau leptons within a 2-Higgs doublet model, demonstrating that the resulting 2τ+2b+ETmiss2\tau + 2b + E_T^{\text{miss}} final state can probe vector-like top partner masses up to approximately 1.9 TeV.

Tanumoy Mandal, Stefano Moretti, Rachit Sharma2026-06-19⚛️ hep-ex

Hybrid stars with hyperons: structure based on QCD sum rule coupling constants

This paper presents a comprehensive study of hybrid stars composed of hadrons, leptons, and quarks within a relativistic mean-field framework, utilizing QCD sum rule-derived coupling constants to construct equations of state for both hadronic and quark phases and subsequently predicting mass-radius relations, tidal deformabilities, and particle distributions for comparison with multimessenger astrophysical observations.

F. Moradi Jangal, H. R. Moshfegh, K. Azizi2026-06-19⚛️ nucl-th

The Simplest Dirac Scoto-Seesaw Realization

This paper proposes a simple Dirac scoto-seesaw framework based on an anomaly-free U(1)BLU(1)_{B-L} charge assignment that simultaneously explains neutrino mass hierarchies through tree-level and radiative mechanisms, stabilizes dark matter via a residual Z6Z_6 symmetry, and relaxes collider constraints on the ZZ' boson to broaden the viable parameter space for dark matter phenomenology.

Sin Kyu Kang, Ranjeet Kumar, Hemant Kumar Prajapati2026-06-19⚛️ hep-ph

Addressing uncertainties of model predictions for extensive air showers initiated by high energy cosmic rays

This paper utilizes a new hadronic collision Monte Carlo generator, QGSb, to investigate how specific model modifications affect predictions for extensive air shower characteristics—namely shower maximum depth and ground-level muon number—while analyzing the underlying physics and consistency with accelerator data to address uncertainties in cosmic ray composition studies.

Sergey Ostapchenko, Tanguy Pierog, Günter Sigl2026-06-19⚛️ hep-ph

Theory Calculations for LDMX and LOHENGRIN beyond Coherent Bethe-Heitler Scattering

This paper presents comprehensive theoretical calculations for LDMX, DarkSHINE, and LOHENGRIN experiments that extend beyond standard coherent Bethe-Heitler scattering by including higher-order electromagnetic and kinetic mixing effects, finding that while these contributions have limited impact on signal and background predictions, the LOHENGRIN experiment specifically requires a hadronic calorimeter extension to effectively veto diffractive scattering backgrounds.

Martin Schürmann, Herbert K. Dreiner, Rhorry Gauld2026-06-19⚛️ hep-ex