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.

⚛️ high-energy theory

On the Asymptotic Causal Structure in Gravitational EFTs

This paper investigates the asymptotic causal structure of gravitational effective field theories in black-hole backgrounds, demonstrating that while genuine asymptotic superluminality can occur in spacetime dimensions greater than four, the four-dimensional case remains causally identical to the Schwarzschild solution regardless of higher-derivative corrections, necessitating alternative definitions of superluminality such as asymptotically AdS backgrounds or finite-distance cut-offs.

Bruno Bucciotti, Paolo Creminelli, Alessandro Longo, Warin Patrick McBlain, Enrico Trincherini2026-05-04
⚛️ phenomenology

Micron-sized Extra Dimensions and Primordial Black Holes: Charges, Rotating, and Memory Burdened

This paper proposes that six-dimensional primordial black holes with masses ranging from sub-gram to 10810^8 grams, stabilized by the memory burden effect or near-extremality in a TeV-scale extra dimension framework, can serve as dark matter candidates while offering distinctive signatures for detection at future colliders and atmospheric neutrino experiments.

George K. Leontaris, George Prampromis2026-05-04
⚛️ high-energy theory

Perturbative Analysis of CPT-Odd Lorentz-Violating Scalar QCD

This paper establishes the multiplicative renormalizability of CPT-odd Lorentz-violating scalar QCD with adjoint matter at the one-loop level by computing ultraviolet divergences in various Green's functions, demonstrating that all divergences can be absorbed into existing counterterms, and deriving the associated renormalization constants and β\beta-functions.

J. C. C. Felipe, L. C. T. Brito, A. C. Lehum, B. Altschul, A. Yu. Petrov2026-05-04
🔢 mathematics

Reflection Symmetry, APS Boundary Conditions, and Equivariant Spectral Flow on a Warped Cylinder

This paper investigates reflection symmetry and Atiyah-Patodi-Singer boundary conditions for twisted Dirac operators on a warped cylinder, establishing that reflection compatibility requires a specific holonomy quantization and demonstrating how spectral flow decomposes into equivariant or mod-two invariants depending on whether the holonomy is fixed or varying.

Taro Kimura, Sanchita Sharma2026-05-04
⚛️ general relativity

Inverting no-hair theorems: How requiring General Relativity solutions restricts scalar-tensor theories

This paper investigates how imposing the existence of specific General Relativity solutions, such as Schwarzschild or de Sitter black holes with stealth scalar hair, restricts the parameter space of general quadratic and cubic scalar-tensor theories, revealing that while requiring all such solutions eliminates odd-parity deviations from GR, less restrictive scenarios allow for specific deviations, stability constraints, and modified gravitational wave speeds.

Hajime Kobayashi, Shinji Mukohyama, Johannes Noller, Sergi Sirera, Kazufumi Takahashi, Vicharit Yingcharoenrat2026-05-01