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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.
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.
This paper introduces a mathematically rigorous framework for singularity avoidance in BTZ black holes by replacing discontinuous signature changes with a smooth transition function, yielding a globally regular vacuum solution that eliminates curvature singularities, enforces infinite proper time for infalling observers, and maintains thermodynamic stability.
This paper extends the Connected Wedge Theorem to -to- holographic scattering in AdS by establishing that a single pairwise causal intersection suffices to ensure full multipartite entanglement wedge connectivity, while also deriving novel necessary conditions for the connectivity of input wedges and the non-emptiness of the generalized bulk scattering region.
This paper demonstrates that incorporating cosmic strings into galaxy formation models can explain the unexpectedly high abundance of bright high-redshift galaxies observed by JWST and HST without altering star-formation physics, while simultaneously establishing a new, tighter upper bound on cosmic string tension.
This paper investigates deformed ultrametric string spectra derived from -adic string theory, demonstrating that while tree-graph-based models fail to reproduce standard thermodynamics, specific operator-based constructions yield exponentially growing energy and degeneracy that restore Hardy-Ramanujan scaling modulated by log-periodic fluctuations.
This paper presents a model-independent framework using perturbative methods to derive ready-to-use formulas for studying strong supercooling in first-order phase transitions driven by radiative symmetry breaking, which are significant sources of gravitational waves and primordial black holes.
This paper proposes an automation-friendly algorithm that utilizes the calculable contributions in SMEFT to model higher-order truncation uncertainties with a minimal set of nuisance parameters, thereby significantly reducing parameter counts and ensuring EFT validity by constraining bounds to kinematic regions where uncertainties are subdominant.
These lecture notes from the Pre-Strings 2026 school in Shanghai present a comprehensive overview of the bidirectional relationship between artificial intelligence and string theory, covering neural network fundamentals through a field-theoretic lens, the application of neural networks to define and solve field theories, and the use of AI techniques to advance research in string theory and related mathematical physics.
This paper proposes a nonequilibrium mechanism for Majoron dark energy where quantum coherence within a hidden pseudo-Dirac sterile fermion reservoir induces a lagged response that dynamically suppresses the Majoron's velocity, enabling a metastable frozen phase with an equation of state near -1 even when the Majoron mass exceeds the Hubble scale.
This paper proposes a mechanism where a spectator axion-like particle with a periodic non-minimal coupling to gravity undergoes a vacuum manifold flip at the end of non-oscillating inflation, enabling its subsequent rotation to simultaneously generate the baryon asymmetry via spontaneous baryogenesis and constitute dark matter, provided a specific non-minimal coupling strength prevents condensate fragmentation.
This paper provides a brief overview of the joint research between the author and his late collaborator George Lazarides, focusing on their development and application of the curvaton hypothesis.