⚛️ Category

hep-th

3171 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.

⚛️ high-energy experiments

Reanalyzing DESI DR1: 4. Percent-Level Cosmological Constraints from Combined Probes and Robust Evidence for the Normal Neutrino Mass Hierarchy

By combining DESI DR1 full-shape galaxy clustering data with CMB, BAO, and supernova observations, this study achieves percent-level cosmological constraints that significantly tighten limits on the sum of neutrino masses and provide robust evidence for the normal neutrino mass hierarchy, while also revealing a mild preference for dynamical dark energy.

Mikhail M. Ivanov, James M. Sullivan, Shi-Fan Chen, Anton Chudaykin, Mark Maus, Oliver H. E. Philcox2026-01-23
⚛️ high-energy theory

Conformal four-point ladder integrals in diverse dimensions and polylogarithms

This paper investigates conformal four-point ladder integrals in arbitrary space-time dimensions by utilizing an operator-based representation to derive symmetry and shift identities, demonstrating a reduction to a factorizable two-dimensional case in even dimensions, and expressing specific instances as linear combinations of classical polylogarithms.

S. E. Derkachov, A. P. Isaev, L. A. Shumilov2026-01-22
⚛️ high-energy theory

Temperley-Lieb integrable models and fusion categories

This paper demonstrates that every fusion category containing a non-invertible, self-dual object generates a Temperley-Lieb integrable anyonic chain, establishing a connection to Pasquier's ADE lattice models and arguing that these systems are gapped when the object's quantum dimension exceeds 2, while noting that large finite-size effects can complicate numerical analysis for dimensions close to 2.

Matthew Blakeney, Luke Corcoran, Marius de Leeuw, Balazs Pozsgay, Eric Vernier2026-01-22
⚛️ high-energy theory

Supersymmetric Holomorphic Masses in AdS/CFT with Flavour

This paper demonstrates that holomorphic or antiholomorphic position-dependent mass deformations in four-dimensional N=4\mathcal{N}=4 super Yang-Mills theory preserve half of the supersymmetry along two directions, a result established through both field-theoretic proofs and holographic calculations using probe D7-branes in AdS/CFT.

Pietro Capuozzo, Jack Holden, Andy O'Bannon, James Ratcliffe, Ronnie Rodgers, Benjamin Suzzoni2026-01-22
⚛️ high-energy theory

Combinatorial properties of holographic entropy inequalities

This paper establishes a new combinatorial framework for holographic entropy inequalities that proves two majorization-related properties and provides a necessary and sufficient condition for an inequality to be holographic, thereby resolving all conjectures in arXiv:2508.21823 and offering strong evidence that all such inequalities hold in time-dependent holographic states.

Guglielmo Grimaldi, Matthew Headrick, Veronika E. Hubeny, Pavel Shteyner2026-01-22
⚛️ high-energy theory

From MOND entropy to extended uncertainty principles: A unified framework

This paper establishes a unified framework linking generalised entropies, cutoff mechanisms, and extended uncertainty principles by deriving a novel MOND-based EUP from a recently proposed MOND entropy, demonstrating its consistency with various entropy models and its ability to generate modified Friedmann equations that encompass higher-order EUP results as limiting cases.

Özgür Sevinç, Özgür Ökcü, Ekrem Aydiner2026-01-22