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

Nil-Equivariant Tropological Sigma Models on Filtered Geometries

This paper investigates tropological sigma models on higher-dimensional target spaces, demonstrating that they are defined on filtered manifolds rather than foliated ones and possess enhanced symmetries characterized by the Engel algebra, which allows for a new equivariant extension and the conjecture of "filtered Gromov-Witten invariants."

Emil Albrychiewicz, Andrés Franco Valiente, Christopher Stites2026-04-28
⚛️ general relativity

Quantum-Corrected Thermodynamics of Conformal Weyl Gravity Black Holes: GUP Effects and Phase Transitions

This paper investigates the thermodynamic properties of Conformal Weyl Gravity black holes by applying the Hamilton-Jacobi tunneling formalism and the Generalized Uncertainty Principle, revealing how quantum corrections and conformal parameters modify Hawking temperature, entropy, and phase transition behaviors near the Planck scale.

Erdem Sucu, Suat Dengiz, İzzet Sakallı2026-04-28
⚛️ general relativity

Stochastic Inflation with Interacting Noises

This contribution extends the stochastic δN\delta N formalism to interacting theories by deriving modified Langevin and Fokker-Planck equations that incorporate one-loop quantum corrections, and demonstrates that the noise amplitude in scenarios such as primordial black hole formation is enhanced by a factor depending on the fractional correction to the power spectrum.

Amin Nassiri-Rad, Haidar Sheikhahmadi, Hassan Firouzjahi2026-04-28
⚛️ high-energy theory

Quasi-Characters for three-character Rational Conformal Field Theories

This paper investigates (3,0)(3,0) and (3,3)(3,3) admissible solutions to the Modular Linear Differential Equation (MLDE) using hypergeometric functions and duality, ultimately employing a matrix MLDE approach to construct new admissible solutions, such as (3,6)(3,6) and (3,9)(3,9) types, which appear as integer points on a polytope.

Suresh Govindarajan, Akhila Sadanandan, Jagannath Santara2026-04-28
⚛️ high-energy theory

Entanglement inequalities, black holes and the architecture of typical states

By using holographic realizations of the Araki-Lieb inequality, this paper demonstrates that typical pure states in large NN holographic CFTs exhibit a characteristic factorization between ultraviolet and infrared scales, implying that black holes can be effectively isolated from an asymptotic "corona" and providing a generalized framework for the Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis.

Radouane Gannouji, Ayan Mukhopadhyay, Nicolas Pinochet2026-04-28