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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.
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Below are the latest papers in high-energy theoretical physics, curated to help you navigate the most significant recent discoveries.
This paper constructs a generalized second-order relativistic magnetohydrodynamics framework using Zubarev's nonequilibrium statistical operator to derive all dissipative tensors and Kubo formulas for a parity- and charge-conjugation-symmetric magnetized plasma, while extending the formalism to include nonlocal contributions.
This paper investigates the generalized cusp anomalous dimension for a quark-antiquark potential on a three-sphere with large -charge at strong coupling, revealing a non-analytic transition from a Coulomb-like singularity to a deconfined regime dominated by Lüscher corrections and providing a unified description of string configurations across various physical limits.
This paper extends the framework of entanglement asymmetry to higher-form symmetries, deriving an entropic Coleman-Mermin-Wagner theorem that forbids spontaneous breaking of continuous -form symmetries in spacetime dimensions while quantifying symmetry breaking through the growth of entanglement asymmetry and the counting of Goldstone fields.
This paper establishes a universal geometric framework linking the synchronized multivaluedness observed in black hole phase transitions to a three-sheeted covering structure arising from two non-degenerate critical points in the temperature function, thereby providing a rigorous classification scheme and a unified perspective on black hole thermodynamics and dynamics.
This paper proposes a Hamiltonian framework using symmetry disentanglers to construct fully local, nonperturbative lattice formulations of chiral gauge theories by transforming not-on-site symmetries into on-site ones, enabling the exact realization of models like the (1+1)-dimensional "3450" theory and offering a pathway to formulate the Standard Model's hypercharge symmetry.
This paper demonstrates that neutrino decays into massless BSM particles with lifetimes of 0.01–1 Gyr can reconcile the tension between cosmological upper bounds and oscillation lower limits on the total neutrino mass by relaxing the bound to 0.23 eV, whereas decays into lighter neutrinos fail to resolve this discrepancy.
The paper introduces a quantization-scheme-independent modified total energy derived via holographic renormalization to resolve apparent violations of key holographic inequalities—such as the AdS Penrose inequality and complexity growth bounds—that arise from scheme-dependent energy definitions in dual field theories.
This paper presents a large class of holographic solutions derived from six-dimensional maximal gauged supergravity, describing D4-branes wrapped on various constant-curvature four-manifolds that flow to supersymmetric quantum mechanics in the infrared via twisted compactifications.
This paper analyzes the large expansion of the boundary conformal field theory in generic bulk dimensions by employing conformal partial wave expansions to prove existing conjectures, reproduce known results, and derive new data including the leading large expression for the previously unknown OPE coefficient .
The paper argues that if gravity is classical and couples to quantum fields via semiclassical Einstein equations, the resulting non-linear dynamics could theoretically solve -complete problems in polynomial time, thereby violating the Physical Extended Church-Turing Thesis and serving as evidence for the necessity of quantizing gravity.