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.

⚛️ high-energy theory

Optimizing the dilaton potential in holographic QCD via phase-transition constraints

This paper proposes a method to optimize the dilaton potential in bottom-up holographic QCD by constructing a direct model that reproduces the phase transition features and critical endpoint of a light-quark reconstruction model, thereby successfully capturing the system's first-order phase transition line and confinement properties.

Irina Ya. Aref'eva, Alexander V. Polevov, Pavel S. Slepov2026-09-11
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Signatures of Invisible Fermions in Λb0→Λc+ℓ−Xˉinv\Lambda_b^0 \to \Lambda_c^+ \ell^- \bar{X}_{\rm inv} Decays

This paper demonstrates that a model-independent angular analysis of Λb0→Λc+ℓ−Xˉinv\Lambda_b^0 \to \Lambda_c^+ \ell^- \bar{X}_{\rm inv} decays can distinguish between massless and massive invisible fermions while simultaneously discriminating among various interaction types and chiral structures.

Shantanu Sahoo, Soumitra Nandi2026-09-11
⚛️ high-energy theory

Non-invertible Selection Rules from Generalized Discrete Gauging of Finite Non-Abelian Symmetries

This paper establishes a general framework for deriving non-invertible selection rules in theories with discrete non-Abelian symmetries by analyzing HH-gauged models via the semidirect product G⋊HG \rtimes H, introducing projected characters to determine allowed couplings and demonstrating that the resulting field components form an associative fusion-like algebra.

Hiroshi Ohki, Shohei Uemura2026-09-11
🔢 mathematics

Mathematical inverse problem for the world data inference of the parton distribution functions of the proton

This paper proposes a novel, model-bias-free methodology for extracting proton parton distribution functions by reformulating the global analysis of deep inelastic scattering data as a linear tensor reconstruction inverse problem, thereby replacing traditional parameter fitting with the direct solution of coupled linear integral equations derived from perturbative QCD.

Henri Hänninen2026-09-11
⚛️ phenomenology

A Multi-Axion Ladder Across Cosmic History: From Inflation, BBN, and Early Dark Energy to Late-Time Accelerated Expansion

This paper proposes a homogeneous multi-axion cosmological model where four scalar fields with specific potentials sequentially drive transient dark energy episodes during Big Bang nucleosynthesis and the early universe, as well as the current late-time accelerated expansion, offering a unified framework for recurrent dark energy across cosmic history.

Amartya Sengupta, Dejan Stojkovic, Adam G. Riess2026-09-11
⚛️ general relativity

Theoretical Aspects of Direct Waves in Kerr Black Holes: Pole-Splitting Method for Ringdown Analysis

This paper theoretically formulates direct waves in extreme-mass-ratio mergers as source-driven signals reflecting orbital motion and ergoregion effects, introducing a pole-splitting method to separate these waves from quasinormal modes and demonstrating that the resulting non-pole sector serves as a probe of black hole frame dragging and redshift.

Nao Nakamoto, Naritaka Oshita, Hiroki Takeda2026-09-11
⚛️ phenomenology

Anomalous Dimensions, Matching, and Phenomenology of Dirac Fermionic Dark Matter Effective Interactions

This paper establishes a complete renormalization-group framework for fermionic dark matter effective interactions, deriving anomalous dimensions and matching conditions to perform a comprehensive phenomenological analysis that yields stringent constraints on Wilson coefficients from diverse precision observables, probing new physics scales up to hundreds of TeV.

Subhajit Kala, Lipika Kolay, Soumitra Nandi2026-09-11
⚛️ lattice

Realization of all-to-all fermion propagator for the first principle high accuracy strong interaction prediction

This paper proposes a "blending" algorithm that combines spatial low-frequency mode projections with stochastic high-frequency estimates to efficiently compute all-to-all fermion propagators, enabling high-precision first-principles predictions of nucleon axial charges and pion form factors in quantum chromodynamics.

Zhi-Cheng Hu, Ji-Hao Wang, Xiangyu Jiang, Liuming Liu, Shi-Hao Su, Peng Sun, Yi-Bo Yang2026-09-10