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

Cogenesis of visible and dark matter in type-I Dirac seesaw

This paper proposes a novel cogenesis framework based on the type-I Dirac seesaw mechanism, where the out-of-equilibrium decays of heavy vector-like fermions simultaneously generate the baryon asymmetry and an asymmetric dark matter component, allowing for successful cogenesis with dark matter masses ranging from 100 MeV to 39 TeV while remaining testable through neutrino, dark matter, CMB, and gravitational wave observations.

Debasish Borah, Partha Kumar Paul, Narendra Sahu2026-03-27
⚛️ phenomenology

Exploring two-body strong decay properties for possible single charm molecular pentaquarks with strangeness ∣S∣=1,2|S|=1,2

This paper employs an effective Lagrangian approach combined with one-boson-exchange molecular wave functions to systematically calculate the two-body strong decay widths and branching ratios of single-charm molecular pentaquarks with strangeness ∣S∣=1,2|S|=1,2, revealing distinctive decay patterns dominated by light meson exchange that serve as testable fingerprints for future experimental searches at LHCb and Belle II.

Xiao-Mei Tang, Jin-Yu Huo, Qi Huang, Rui Chen2026-03-27
⚛️ phenomenology

Quantum field-theoretic framework for neutrino decoherence from scattering in a medium

This paper develops a quantum field-theoretic framework that derives a generalized Lindblad master equation to describe neutrino decoherence from momentum-changing scattering in a medium, explicitly linking decoherence parameters to scattering cross sections to probe new physics scenarios including non-standard interactions and dark matter.

Konstantin Stankevich, Alexander Studenikin, Maksim Vyalkov2026-03-27
⚛️ high-energy theory

When identical particles cease to be indistinguishable: violation of statistics in quantum spacetime

This paper develops a relativistic quantum field theory based on θ\theta-deformed Poincaré symmetry that generalizes twisted statistics to quon-like deformations, demonstrating that while purely twisted statistics is experimentally ruled out, specific quon deformations can suppress Pauli-forbidden transitions only if superselection rules are violated, thereby implying an effective breakdown of particle indistinguishability.

Nicola Bortolotti, Catalina Curceanu, Antonino Marciano, Kristian Piscicchia2026-03-27
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Constraining the heavy leptophilic neutral gauge bosons through the Z→ℓ+ℓ−Z\to\ell^+\ell^-, W±→ℓ±νℓW^\pm\to\ell^\pm\nu_\ell, and h→ℓ+ℓ−h\to\ell^+\ell^- decays

This paper demonstrates that loop-level corrections to the leptonic decays of the ZZ, WW, and Higgs bosons provide stronger exclusion limits on heavy, flavor-specific leptophilic Z′Z^\prime gauge bosons than current direct search constraints, offering a complementary probe for new physics at the TeV scale and beyond.

Bibhabasu De, Amitabha Dey2026-03-27✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
⚛️ phenomenology

Dark Transition Magnetic Moments of Majorana Neutrinos Mediated by a Dark Photon

This paper proposes a dark sector framework with a U(1)DU(1)_D gauge symmetry and vector-like leptons that generates macroscopic Majorana neutrino transition magnetic moments exclusively through chirally enhanced scalar loops, while demonstrating that global phenomenological constraints from charged lepton flavor violation and dark sector searches overwhelmingly dominate and eclipse direct solar neutrino limits.

Haohao Zhang2026-03-27