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

Non-thermal production of heavy vector dark matter from relativistic bubble walls

This paper demonstrates that heavy vector dark matter at the TeV scale or higher can be efficiently produced non-thermally via relativistic bubble wall expansion during a first-order phase transition, a mechanism that dominates over wall collisions and predicts a phase transition scale accessible to future gravitational wave detectors.

Wen-Yuan Ai, Malcolm Fairbairn, Ken Mimasu, Tevong You2026-03-11
⚛️ phenomenology

Charged Higgs Boson Phenomenology in the Dark Z mediated Fermionic Dark Matter Model

This paper investigates the phenomenology of a light charged Higgs boson (110<mH±<170110 < m_{H^\pm} < 170 GeV) within a fermionic dark matter model mediated by a light Z′Z' boson, analyzing its production mechanisms at the LHC, current experimental constraints from ATLAS and CMS, and its interplay with dark matter properties.

Kyu Jung Bae, Jinn-Ouk Gong, Dong-Won Jung, Kang Young Lee, Chaehyun Yu, Chan Beom Park2026-03-11
⚛️ phenomenology

Accelerating multijet-merged event generation with neural network matrix element surrogates

This paper proposes a method to accelerate multijet event generation for LHC analyses by employing neural-network surrogates within a two-stage rejection-sampling algorithm, achieving over a tenfold reduction in generation time for Z+jets processes at the HL-LHC compared to the baseline Sherpa generator.

Tim Herrmann, Timo Janßen, Mathis Schenker, Steffen Schumann, Frank Siegert2026-03-11
⚛️ phenomenology

Spectrum of Light Hexaquark States in Triquark-antitriquark Configuration

Using QCD sum rules, this paper investigates triquark-antitriquark hexaquark configurations to interpret the BESIII-observed X(2075)X(2075) and X(2085)X(2085) states, finding that two predicted JP=1−J^P=1^- candidates match the experimental masses while offering new predictions for 0+0^+ and 0−0^- states and analyzing their decay modes.

Xuan-Heng Zhang, Sheng-Qi Zhang, Cong-Feng Qiao2026-03-11
⚛️ phenomenology

A dispersive approach to the CP conserving K→πℓ+ℓ−K\to\pi\ell^+\ell^- radiative decays

This paper employs a dispersive approach constrained by analyticity, unitarity, and recent Khuri-Treiman solutions for K→3πK\to3\pi amplitudes to derive a minimal two-parameter representation of the form factors governing CP-conserving K→πℓ+ℓ−K\to\pi\ell^+\ell^- decays, successfully reproducing experimental data and determining previously unknown signs and amplitude components.

Véronique Bernard, Sébastien Descotes-Genon, Marc Knecht, Bachir Moussallam2026-03-11