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 N=1\mathcal{N}=1 Super-Grassmannian for CFT3_3 and a Foray on AdS and Cosmological Correlators

This paper constructs a manifestly superconformal N=1\mathcal{N}=1 Super-Grassmannian integral representation for 3D SCFT correlators that algebraically relates component functions, enabling the derivation of (A)dS4_4 boundary correlators from exchange-only contributions and confirming consistency with flat-space limits.

Aswini Bala, Sachin Jain, Dhruva K. S., Adithya A Rao2026-04-10⚛️ hep-th

Decoding multiway gravitational junctions in AdS in terms of holographic quantum maps

This paper interprets multiway gravitational junctions in AdS3_3 as interfaces between nn holographic conformal theories, demonstrating that their linearized scattering is governed by universal quantum maps factorizing into a tension-dependent scattering matrix and Virasoro automorphisms driven by stringy modes.

Avik Chakraborty, Tanay Kibe, Martín Molina, Ayan Mukhopadhyay, Giuseppe Policastro2026-04-10⚛️ hep-th

Super-Grassmannians for N=2\mathcal{N}=2 to $4$ SCFT3_3: From AdS4_4 Correlators to N=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM scattering Amplitudes

This paper introduces a Super-Grassmannian formalism for N=2\mathcal{N}=2 to $4$ three-dimensional superconformal field theories that makes super-conformal and RR-symmetry constraints manifest, successfully reproducing AdS4_4 correlators and demonstrating a direct connection to flat-space N=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM scattering amplitudes through a specific CPT self-conjugate super-operator construction.

Aswini Bala, Sachin Jain, Dhruva K. S., Adithya A Rao2026-04-10⚛️ hep-th

Compactifying the Sen Action: Six Dimensions

This paper investigates the Kaluza-Klein compactification of Hull's generalized Sen action for self-dual fields on generic manifolds, demonstrating that a consistent truncation requires including zero-modes from both metric-induced towers to avoid a naive doubling of massless degrees of freedom, while also identifying a natural deformation involving an additional form-field that introduces no new on-shell degrees of freedom.

Neil Lambert, Yuchen Zhou2026-04-10⚛️ hep-th

Vacuum-induced current density from a magnetic flux threading a cosmic dispiration in (D+1)(D+1)-dimensional spacetime

This paper investigates the vacuum-induced current density of a charged scalar field in a (D+1)(D+1)-dimensional cosmic dispiration spacetime threaded by a magnetic flux, demonstrating that the helical geometry of the defect generates both azimuthal and axial current components that are periodic in the magnetic flux and significantly influenced by the screw dislocation parameter.

Herondy Mota2026-04-10⚛️ hep-th

Classification of Pati--Salam Asymmetric Z2×Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_2 Heterotic String Orbifolds

This paper presents a systematic classification of asymmetric Z2×Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_2 heterotic string orbifolds that break $SO(10)$ to the Pati--Salam group, demonstrating how asymmetric actions freeze geometric moduli and induce doublet--triplet splitting independent of moduli stabilization, while identifying 24 inequivalent classes of phenomenologically viable models with varying moduli content and exhibiting pronounced degeneracy in their vacuum energies.

Luke A. Detraux, Alon E. Faraggi, Benjamin Percival2026-04-10⚛️ hep-th