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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 constructs rotating black hole solutions in Carroll gravity through two distinct approaches: one yielding an intrinsically Carrollian solution by dressing a Schwarzschild black hole with rotational charge, and another deriving a "Kerroll" black hole as a Carroll analog of the Kerr solution via an odd-power expansion of general relativity in the speed of light.
This paper proves the Rényi quantum null energy condition for all integer parameters in local Poincaré-invariant quantum field theories by establishing the log-convexity of Kosaki norms under null-translation semigroups for von Neumann algebras with half-sided modular inclusion structures, requiring only the finiteness of the sandwiched Rényi divergence for the excited state.
This paper investigates the topological properties of bordisms between 9d type IIB supergravities, revealing that the increasing complexity of gravitational solitons for large monodromies motivates a refinement of the Swampland Cobordism Conjecture which links the necessity of infinite duality defects to the divergence of the commutator width in duality groups.
This paper presents a more accurate calculation of the joint probability distribution function for peculiar velocities at two points, correcting a previous simplification regarding velocity correlations to improve the precision of 21-cm fluctuation predictions with minimal computational cost.
This paper investigates the dynamical critical behavior of black hole phase transitions in anti-de Sitter spacetime by extending the stochastic free energy landscape framework to Kerr-AdS black holes, demonstrating pronounced critical slowing down and a universal dynamic scaling relation () across diverse black hole systems including RN-AdS and Bardeen black holes.
This paper demonstrates that for a CFT on a flat open solid torus, the two-point function and disjoint entanglement entropy are exactly paired with finite bulk geodesics and entanglement wedge cross-sections, respectively, without requiring large , strong coupling, or heavy operators, thereby revealing a broader exact-pair structure in AdS/CFT beyond standard singular limits.
This paper presents a numerical study of MRW-type unintegrated double parton distribution functions constructed from non-factorized GS09 collinear DPDFs, comparing the performance and characteristics of double modified KMRW, double virtuality ordered MRW, and a normalization-matched variant to analyze their transverse momentum dependence, normalization properties, and sensitivity to longitudinal correlations.
This paper investigates the Sudakov form factor and four-point scattering amplitude in planar SYM on the Coulomb branch, identifying a novel scaling limit where a "walking" anomalous dimension interpolates between the cusp and octagon anomalous dimensions and proposing an all-loop form for this behavior that depends on new unknown functions of the 't Hooft coupling.
This paper constructs a BRST-exact quartet mechanism in Yang-Mills theory that, within a Cartan-oriented background, reproduces the distinct -particle propagator structure and identifies BRST-controlled composite observables while maintaining consistency with the Källén–Lehmann representation and renormalizability.
This paper demonstrates that perturbative inflaton decay inevitably generates an irreducible stochastic gravitational-wave background with a characteristic linear frequency spectrum () fixed by Weinberg's soft-graviton theorem, establishing a fundamental "graviton floor" that reaches amplitudes of at GHz frequencies and serves as a benchmark to distinguish standard single-field slow-roll inflation from alternative scenarios.