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hep-th

4452 papers

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.

⚛️ general relativity

Astrophysical Signatures of Einstein-Skyrme Anti-de Sitter Black Holes: Epicyclic Frequencies and QPO Constraints

This paper investigates the geodesic motion and epicyclic oscillations of particles around Einstein-Skyrme Anti-de Sitter black holes, revealing a unique signature where the radial frequency overtakes the orbital frequency at large distances, and demonstrates through MCMC analysis of X-ray binary and galactic center QPO data that this model consistently fits observations with a Skyrme charge parameter of approximately 0.6.

Faizuddin Ahmed, Ahmad Al-Badawi, İzzet Sakallı2026-04-15
⚛️ general relativity

Equatorial periodic orbits and gravitational wave signatures in Euler-Heisenberg black holes surrounded by perfect fluid dark matter

This paper investigates equatorial periodic orbits and their gravitational wave signatures in Euler-Heisenberg black holes surrounded by perfect fluid dark matter, revealing how quantum electrodynamic corrections and dark matter jointly modify orbital stability and produce distinct burst-like waveform features that serve as sensitive probes for strong-field gravity.

Dhruba Jyoti Gogoi, Jyatsnasree Bora, Ali Övgün2026-04-15
⚛️ high-energy theory

Strong coupling dynamics of defect RG flows in ABJM

This paper utilizes holographic methods to systematically analyze strong-coupling defect renormalization group flows in ABJM theory, mapping worldsheet fluctuations to dual operators and establishing a coherent picture where the 1/2 BPS Wilson loop is IR stable, the 1/6 BPS loop acts as a saddle point, and non-supersymmetric configurations serve as UV fixed points.

Marco S. Bianchi, Luigi Castiglioni, Silvia Penati, Marcia Tenser, Diego Trancanelli2026-04-15
⚛️ high-energy theory

From Vacuum to Nucleon: Exact Fixed-Scale Matching of Holographic Current Correlators to QCD

This paper demonstrates that holographic QCD can be exactly matched to perturbative QCD at a fixed scale by deriving a factorized Compton amplitude where the universal ultraviolet photon vertex reproduces the Wilson coefficients of the singlet conformal operator product expansion, thereby extending vacuum current-correlator matching to the off-forward hadronic current-current correlator relevant for DDVCS/DVCS.

Kiminad A. Mamo2026-04-15
⚛️ high-energy theory

Holographic Open/Closed Exchange in Double Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering: Fixed--jj Structural Matching to the ±\pm-Basis Wilson Coefficients

This paper demonstrates that in the collinear regime, holographic double deeply virtual Compton scattering (DDVCS) amplitudes derived from Witten diagrams structurally match the ±\pm-basis Wilson coefficients of perturbative QCD at a fixed scale, with the open and closed string channels corresponding to the (+)(+) and (−)(-) eigenchannels respectively, governed by a universal hypergeometric hard kernel and distinct branch-point structures.

Kiminad A. Mamo2026-04-15