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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.

⚛️ high-energy experiments

Resurgence in scalar and spinor QED: The Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian in parallel field backgrounds

This paper presents the first systematic resurgent analysis of the Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian in parallel electric and magnetic field backgrounds for both scalar and spinor QED, deriving explicit large-order asymptotic formulas and demonstrating that Padé-Borel resummation techniques can accurately reconstruct the complete non-perturbative instanton structure and Schwinger pair production effects from finite perturbative data.

Drishti Gupta, Arun Thalapillil2026-10-20

⚛️ general relativity

A new class of rotating black hole solutions endowed with a scalar hair

This paper presents new numerical solutions for rotating, hairy black holes within a specific subclass of Horndeski scalar-tensor theories, which differ from the Kerr metric by possessing a primary scalar hair, lacking circularity, and violating the zeroth law of black hole thermodynamics.

Hugo Candan, Philippe Grandclement2026-10-20

⚛️ high-energy theory

The $A_3$ Narain family over $\mathbb{Z}_4$

This paper investigates the $A_3$ Narain family over $\mathbb{Z}_4$ , demonstrating how specific code constructions yield seven distinct T-duality classes at central charge six and two at charge three, characterized by explicit metric and $B$ -field representatives, chiral root systems, and finite shift orbifolds.

Rajae Sammani, Abdellah Sebbar2026-10-20

⚛️ general relativity

Geodesics of the five-dimensional Kerr-(A)dS black hole in closed form

This paper presents the first general closed-form solution for geodesic motion in five-dimensional Kerr-(A)dS black holes by expressing radial and polar coordinates via manifestly real formulas valid for all root structures, while deriving time and angular coordinates through elliptic integrals of the third kind, alongside corrections to previously published metric and potential expressions.

Özgür Sarıoğlu, Enes Yılmaz2026-10-20

⚛️ high-energy theory

Quantum Relaxation Dynamics of Vacuum Energy from Pre-Geometric Gravity

This paper proposes a pre-geometric gravity framework where spontaneous symmetry breaking of a Higgs field in a MacDowell--Mansouri model generates a quantized landscape of vacuum states, driving the cosmological constant to relax monotonically toward zero via quantum tunneling through an infinite sequence of topological sectors.

Andrea Addazi2026-10-20

⚛️ high-energy theory

Quantum Noise from Massive Lorentz--Violating Gravitons: Interferometer Signatures in Very Special Linear Gravity

This paper analyzes the signatures of massive, Lorentz-violating gravitons within the Very Special Linear Gravity framework, identifying dissipative terms and mass-dependent corrections in interferometer detectors, including a unique contribution that distinguishes the sign of the squeezing phase when a squeezed state is considered.

Jorge Alfaro, Alex Soto, Alessandro Santoni2026-10-20

⚛️ high-energy theory

Millicharged particles and the degree-3 Prouhet-Tarry-Escott problem

This paper employs geometric methods to determine all integer solutions for the degree-3 Prouhet-Tarry-Escott problem, thereby providing a complete classification of anomaly cancellation conditions for models of millicharged fermions with up to $m$ species.

Ben Gripaios2026-10-20

⚛️ high-energy theory

Higher-Dimensional Test of the Holographic Dual of Entanglement Cohomology

This paper extends the holographic verification of entanglement cohomology to higher-dimensional conformal field theories by explicitly demonstrating the agreement between boundary relative entropy and bulk canonical energy for $d=3$ and $d=4$ spherical regions, thereby confirming that modular Hamiltonian perturbations correctly represent the first entanglement cohomology class beyond the previously studied $d=2$ case.

R. ~C. ~Rashkov2026-10-20

🔢 mathematics

Analytic quantum invariants

This paper proposes a framework using deformed Borel-Laplace resummation to repackaging quantum invariants into analytic invariants, demonstrating the approach through explicit $(q,X)$ -series expressions for colored Jones polynomials of simple knots, Links-Gould polynomials of the figure-eight knot, and $q$ -series related to three-manifold invariants and mock modular forms.

Rinat Kashaev, Vladimir Mangazeev, Marcos Marino2026-10-20

⚛️ high-energy theory

Bootstrapping Fermionic Veneziano Amplitudes from Regge Zeros

This paper extends the Regge-zero bootstrap method to tree-level scattering involving a massless scalar and a massless fermion, demonstrating that assuming ultrasoft Regge behavior and degenerate spectra uniquely fixes the amplitude to the open superstring amplitude with linear Regge trajectories.

Pongwit Srisangyingcharoen2026-10-20

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Resurgence in scalar and spinor QED: The Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian in parallel field backgrounds

A new class of rotating black hole solutions endowed with a scalar hair

The A3A_3A3​ Narain family over Z4\mathbb{Z}_4Z4​

Geodesics of the five-dimensional Kerr-(A)dS black hole in closed form

Quantum Relaxation Dynamics of Vacuum Energy from Pre-Geometric Gravity

Quantum Noise from Massive Lorentz--Violating Gravitons: Interferometer Signatures in Very Special Linear Gravity

Millicharged particles and the degree-3 Prouhet-Tarry-Escott problem

Higher-Dimensional Test of the Holographic Dual of Entanglement Cohomology

Analytic quantum invariants

Bootstrapping Fermionic Veneziano Amplitudes from Regge Zeros

The $A_3$ Narain family over $\mathbb{Z}_4$