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.

⚛️ general relativity

Gravitational Raman Scattering: a Systematic Toolkit for Tidal Effects in General Relativity

This paper presents a systematic, gauge-invariant framework using worldline effective field theory and scattering amplitudes to compute gravitational Raman scattering at third post-Minkowskian order, demonstrating that while leading static Love numbers for black holes vanish, dynamical Love numbers exhibit logarithmic running that resolves previous off-shell ambiguities across various dimensions and spin fields.

Mikhail M. Ivanov, Yue-Zhou Li, Julio Parra-Martinez, Zihan Zhou2026-02-09
⚛️ phenomenology

Inference on inner galaxy structure via gravitational waves from supermassive binaries

By analyzing NANOGrav 15-year data to model the impact of initial galactic center density and binary eccentricity on the gravitational wave spectrum, this study infers a preferred parsec-scale central density of approximately 106M⊙pc−310^6 M_{\odot} \mathrm{pc}^{-3}, suggesting that stellar and dark matter ejections significantly shape the evolution of supermassive black hole binaries.

Yifan Chen, Matthias Daniel, Daniel J. D'Orazio, Xuanye Fan, Andrea Mitridate, Laura Sagunski, Xiao Xue, Gabriella Agazi (…)2026-02-06
⚛️ phenomenology

Bridging reaction theory and nuclear structure in π±π^\pm-48{}^{48}Ca scattering

This paper extends the pion-nucleus multiple-scattering framework to include second-order rescattering dynamics and nuclear structure details derived from chiral effective field theory, demonstrating that these corrections are essential for accurately reproducing differential cross sections in π±\pi^\pm-48{}^{48}Ca elastic scattering within the Δ(1232)\Delta(1232)-resonance region.

Viacheslav Tsaran, Francesco Marino, Sonia Bacca, Francesca Bonaiti, Marc Vanderhaeghen2026-02-06
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Rescattering-induced D→SSD\to SS weak decays

This paper investigates two-body non-leptonic D→SSD\to SS weak decays, demonstrating that long-distance triangle rescattering processes mediated by pion exchange dominate over negligible short-distance contributions, and provides theoretical predictions for branching fractions of specific channels to guide future experimental studies at BESIII, Belle(-II), and LHCb.

Yan-Li Wang, Shu-Ting Cai, Yu-Kuo Hsiao2026-02-06
⚛️ phenomenology

Solar Flares as a Probe of Neutrino Nature: Distinguishing Dirac and Majorana via Resonant Spin-Flavor Precession

This paper proposes that Resonant Spin-Flavor Precession of ultra-high-energy solar flare neutrinos in specific magnetic field regions can distinguish between Dirac and Majorana neutrino natures by analyzing scattering cross-section asymmetries, while also offering a pathway to significantly improve limits on the neutrino magnetic moment if no such asymmetry is observed.

D. Delepine, A. Yebra2026-02-06