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hep-th

4375 papers

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.

🔢 mathematics

Consistent Canonical Quantization of Gravity: Recovery of Classical GR from BRST-invariant Coherent States

This paper presents a consistent canonical quantization of General Relativity within a BRST-invariant framework around the Minkowski vacuum, demonstrating that classical spacetime geometries emerge as coherent states where the vanishing Hamiltonian constraint is realized as an expectation value, thereby enabling non-trivial time evolution for correlation functions and providing motivation for spontaneously broken supersymmetry.

Lasha Berezhiani, Gia Dvali, Otari Sakhelashvili2026-06-29
⚛️ general relativity

Extreme mass-ratio inspirals and extra dimensions: Insights from modified Teukolsky framework

This paper utilizes a Modified Teukolsky framework to analyze equatorial eccentric extreme mass-ratio inspirals around braneworld black holes, demonstrating that while the tidal charge constraints align with previous Dudley-Finley approximation results, the two formulations diverge at higher eccentricities, thereby validating the utility of both the approximation and the more rigorous framework for future gravitational wave tests of extra dimensions.

Shailesh Kumar, Tieguang Zi, Arpan Bhattacharyya2026-06-29
⚛️ nuclear theory

Quantum Late-Time Decay and Channel Dependence

This paper reports experimental evidence of power-law late-time decay in two fluorescent compounds, demonstrating that while the decay lifetime is universal, the specific late-time deviations depend on the detection channel, consistent with a divergent spectral density model in multichannel quantum mechanics.

Francesco Giacosa, Anna Kolbus, Krzysztof Kyziol, Magdalena Plodowska, Milena Piotrowska, Karol Szary, Arthur Vereijken2026-06-29
⚛️ phenomenology

Entanglement, Yang-Mills, and the Scattering Matrix as an SU(N)-equivariant Kernel

This paper demonstrates that viewing two-body scattering as an SU(N)-equivariant map reveals how the representation-theoretic structure of the S-matrix dictates entanglement generation, showing that Yang-Mills theory uniquely maximizes color entanglement at right angles and that preserving maximal entanglement in helicity space enforces the theory's fundamental algebraic constraints.

Kun-Feng Lyu, Rahul Muraleedharan, Kuver Sinha2026-06-29
⚛️ high-energy theory

Schwarzian quantum corrections to shear correlators of the near-extremal Reissner-Nordström-AdS black hole

This paper utilizes exact quantum-corrected Schwarzian correlation functions to demonstrate that bulk quantum fluctuations in near-extremal Reissner-Nordström-AdS4_4 black holes increase shear viscosity away from the KSS bound in the hydrodynamic regime and lift zero-temperature gapless modes outside it.

Blaise Goutéraux, David M. Ramirez, Clément Supiot2026-06-29
🔢 mathematics

Quantum Mechanics on Lie Groups: I. Noncommutative Fourier Transforms

This paper establishes an invertible, isometric noncommutative Fourier transform for square-integrable wave functions on Lie groups that maps position space to a dual momentum space with noncommuting momenta, addressing normalization challenges from compact subgroups to derive a noncommutative Poisson summation formula essential for computing Wigner functions and path integrals.

Mathieu Beauvillain, Blagoje Oblak, Marios Petropoulos2026-06-29
⚛️ high-energy theory

Free-Field Construction of Heterotic String Compactified on Calabi-Yau Orbifolds via Correspondence with N=2\mathcal{N}{=}2 SCFT Minimal Models

This paper establishes a correspondence between free-field and minimal-model constructions for heterotic string compactifications on Berglund-Hübsch Calabi-Yau manifolds and their orbifolds, using this link to verify modular invariance and derive conditions for complete vertex operators.

Grigory Makarov, Doron Gepner, Alexander Belavin2026-06-29
⚛️ high-energy theory

Gravitational wave scattering at O(G4)\mathcal{O}(G^4): Murua construction and elliptics

This paper computes the gravitational wave scattering amplitude off a spinless point particle at O(G4)\mathcal{O}(G^4) using worldline quantum field theory and a Murua coefficient-based integral decomposition to bypass cut subtractions, thereby confirming the theory's accuracy for Schwarzschild black holes up to this order while identifying the first appearance of elliptic functions in momentum space for this process.

Yilber Fabian Bautista, Mathias Driesse, Kays Haddad, Gustav Uhre Jakobsen2026-06-29