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

The Highest-Energy Neutrino Event Constrains Dark Matter-Neutrino Interactions

Using the highest-energy neutrino event detected by KM3NeT, this paper derives stringent constraints on Dark Matter-neutrino interactions that effectively rule out simplified dark sector models with masses above the MeV scale, suggesting that richer dark sector structures are required to produce meaningful constraints.

Toni Bertólez-Martínez, Gonzalo Herrera, Pablo Martínez-Miravé, Jorge Terol Calvo2026-04-02
⚛️ phenomenology

Hits to Higgs: Hit-Level Higgs Classification from Raw LHC Detector Data Using Higgsformer

The paper introduces Higgsformer, a transformer-based model that successfully classifies ttˉHt\bar{t}H versus ttˉt\bar{t} events directly from raw inner tracker hits, achieving performance comparable to traditional object-based reconstruction pipelines while bypassing intermediate physics object reconstruction.

Sascha Caron, Polina Moskvitina, Roberto Ruiz de Austri, Eugene Shalugin2026-04-02
⚛️ phenomenology

Gravitational Waves from Hyperbolic Encounters of Primordial Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies

This paper investigates the stochastic gravitational wave background from primordial black holes in dwarf galaxies, revealing that while hierarchical binary mergers dominate the total signal, hyperbolic encounters provide an earlier, continuous subdominant background that becomes relatively more significant as the population evolves, with distinct spectral features potentially detectable by future observatories like LISA and ET.

Tadeo D. Gòmez-Aguilar, Encieh Erfani, N. M. Jimènez Cruz2026-04-02