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

A dense dark matter core of the subhalo in the strong lensing system JVAS B1938+666

This study presents a non-parametric reconstruction of the dark subhalo in the strong-lensing system JVAS B1938+666, revealing a dense kiloparsec-scale core that is better explained by self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) and fuzzy dark matter models than by standard NFW profiles, with SIDM being the favored framework.

Lei Lei, Yi-Ying Wang, Qiao Li, Jiang Dong, Ze-Fan Wang, Wei-Long Lin, Yi-Ping Shu, Xiao-Yue Cao, Da-Neng Yang, Yi-Zhong (…)2026-10-07
⚛️ phenomenology

Universal Mechanism of Dynamical Memory in Light-Nuclei Formation and Cosmological Bose-Einstein Condensation

This paper identifies a universal reduced-dynamical framework where eliminating intermediate sectors in both light-nuclei formation and cosmological Bose-Einstein condensation generates non-Markovian memory kernels, enabling predictions that the sequential-to-direct hypertriton formation ratio is sensitive to the hadronic stage's expansion history.

Takeshi Fukuyama2026-10-07
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Weak boson probes of Higgs unitarity restoration at 10 TeV parton colliders

This paper demonstrates that both a 100 TeV hadron collider and a 10 TeV muon collider possess the sensitivity to discover new physics up to approximately 6 TeV by probing Higgs coupling deviations that are necessary to restore unitarity in weak boson scattering, with potential corroboration from an intermediate FCC-ee precision program.

Christoph Englert, Wrishik Naskar, Andrew D. Pilkington, Michael Spannowsky2026-10-07
⚛️ phenomenology

λ\lambda-ρ\rho mode mixing and radial Regge trajectories for triply heavy baryons Ωccc\Omega_{ccc} and Ωbbb\Omega_{bbb} in the diquark picture

This paper investigates permutation-enforced λ\lambda-ρ\rho mode mixing in triply heavy baryons Ωccc\Omega_{ccc} and Ωbbb\Omega_{bbb} within the diquark picture, demonstrating that the Pauli exclusion principle necessitates mixed-mode eigenstates that replace pure Regge trajectories with novel sprouting-branch-like effective radial trajectories exhibiting M∼x2/3M\sim x^{2/3} scaling.

Jiao-Kai Chen, Xin-Ru Liu, Qi Liu2026-10-07
⚛️ phenomenology

Minimal cascade decay of the top quark through a new scalar

This paper proposes a minimal model where the top quark undergoes a nonstandard cascade decay into a new scalar and a charm quark via a dimension-5 operator mediated by a heavy vectorlike quark, leading to distinctive collider signatures such as ttˉ→ccˉbbˉW+W−t\bar{t} \to c\bar{c}b\bar{b}W^+W^- and vectorlike quark production events at the LHC.

Bogdan A. Dobrescu, Max H. Fieg, Alessandro Russo2026-10-07
⚛️ general relativity

The quasinormal modes of Kerr-Newman black holes: a separated approach

This paper demonstrates that a recently discovered exact separation of gravitoelectric perturbation equations provides a highly accurate and practical method for computing Kerr-Newman black hole quasinormal modes, yielding results consistent with coupled-system calculations and offering numerical evidence for spin-label isospectrality even in near-extremal configurations.

Kyriakos Destounis, Vitor Cardoso, Peter Hintz2026-10-07
⚛️ phenomenology

Monopole Catalysis from Standard Model Anomalies

This paper demonstrates that Standard Model flavor anomalies associated with magnetic monopoles induce a striking phenomenological consequence where electroweak interactions cause scattering processes to violate baryon and lepton number by multiples of three (ΔB=ΔL∈3Z\Delta B = \Delta L \in 3 \mathbb{Z}), even when these quantities are classically conserved, a mechanism explicitly illustrated within Pati-Salam and trinification theories.

Nathaniel Craig, Dan Sehayek2026-10-07
⚛️ phenomenology

Coherent versus incoherent amplification: from parametric resonance to the kinetic regime in stimulated axion decay

This paper resolves the apparent discrepancy between the linear (gaγg_{a\gamma}) and quadratic (gaγ2g_{a\gamma}^2) scaling of photon growth rates in stimulated axion decay by demonstrating that the transition from parametric resonance to kinetic behavior is governed by the coherence properties and momentum dispersion of the axion field.

Clemente Smarra, Elisa Todarello2026-10-07