Hep-Th, or high-energy theoretical physics, explores the fundamental building blocks of our universe and the forces that govern them. Researchers in this field use complex mathematics to understand everything from subatomic particles to the behavior of black holes, often pushing the boundaries of what we know about space and time.

At Gist.Science, we monitor the arXiv repository to ensure you stay ahead of the curve in this rapidly evolving discipline. For every new preprint uploaded to arXiv under this category, our team generates both accessible plain-language overviews and detailed technical summaries, making cutting-edge research understandable regardless of your background.

Below are the latest papers in high-energy theoretical physics, curated to help you navigate the most significant recent discoveries.

The Massive Flat Space Limit of Cosmological Correlators

This paper introduces a novel massive flat-space limit for cosmological correlators that preserves finite internal masses through a double-scaling procedure, deriving a general reduction formula to express these correlators in terms of flat-space amplitudes and applying it to reveal new non-Gaussian bispectrum shapes from heavy particle exchanges that cannot be captured by standard local effective field theory operators.

Sebastian Cespedes, Sadra Jazayeri2026-06-16⚛️ hep-th

Short-range approximation to Casimir wormholes inspired by scalar and electric fields

This paper investigates static traversable wormholes sustained by a combination of minimally coupled scalar and electric fields with Casimir energy as exotic matter, deriving analytical near-throat solutions for both variable and fixed plate separations that yield well-behaved manifolds with throat sizes scaling proportionally to the supported electric charge.

Remo Garattini, Athanasios G. Tzikas2026-06-16⚛️ gr-qc

Hyperinvariant Spin Network States -- An AdS/CFT Model from First Principles

This paper investigates hyperinvariant tensor networks with local SU(2) symmetry as discrete AdS/CFT models, demonstrating that they realize key holographic principles within Loop Quantum Gravity while establishing no-go theorems that restrict the existence of absolutely maximally entangled states and general holographic codes under such symmetry.

Fynn Otto, Refik Mansuroglu, Norbert Schuch, Otfried Gühne, Hanno Sahlmann2026-06-16⚛️ gr-qc

Non-stationary difference equation and affine Laumon space III : Generalization to gl^N\widehat{\mathfrak{gl}}_N

This paper introduces a gl^N\widehat{\mathfrak{gl}}_N generalization of a non-stationary difference equation linked to the affine Laumon space, conjecturing that its solutions correspond to affine Laumon partition functions and verifying this connection by demonstrating that the equation reduces to the Fuji-Suzuki-Tsuda system in the four-dimensional limit.

Hidetoshi Awata, Koji Hasegawa, Hiroaki Kanno, Ryo Ohkawa, Shamil Shakirov, Jun'ichi Shiraishi, Yasuhiko Yamada2026-06-16🌀 nlin

Effect of Moduli Redefinitions on Fibre Inflation

This paper proposes a novel fibre inflation model within the perturbative large volume scenario that utilizes base modulus redefinitions and various string corrections to achieve inflationary parameters consistent with ACT data while simultaneously incorporating a quintessence sector to explain both early- and late-time cosmic acceleration.

Dibya Chakraborty, Mishaal Hai, Sayeda Tashnuba Jahan, Ahmed Rakin Kamal, Md Shaikot Jahan Shuvo2026-06-16⚛️ gr-qc