⚛️ Category

hep-th

4538 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 theory

Operator dependence and robustness of spacetime-localized response in a quantum critical spin chain

This study numerically demonstrates that spacetime-localized, periodically recurring responses in a critical transverse-field Ising chain—reminiscent of holographic bulk dynamics—emerge exclusively from perturbations corresponding to local density fields in the continuum limit and remain robust against temporal discretization, thereby clarifying the specific operator requirements for observing such phenomena in quantum simulations.

Daichi Imagawa, Keiju Murata, Daisuke Yamamoto2026-03-03
🔢 mathematics

Unveiling dynamical quantum error correcting codes via non-invertible symmetries

This paper establishes a physical and topological correspondence between dynamical stabilizer codes and non-invertible symmetries in 4+1-dimensional 2-form gauge theories, mapping measurement sequences to symmetry fusions and error detectors to endable surface operators to provide a unified framework for understanding fault tolerance and recovering spacetime stabilizer codes.

Rajath Radhakrishnan, Adar Sharon, Nathanan Tantivasadakarn2026-03-03
⚛️ general relativity

DD-dimensional aether charged black hole and aether waves in M-subset of Einstein-aether theory

This paper investigates DD-dimensional charged black hole solutions and gravitational wave polarizations within a specific M-subset of Einstein-aether theory, revealing a unique aether charge constraint, exact thermodynamic laws, and distinct wave propagation characteristics where spin-2 and spin-1 modes travel at unit speed while the longitudinal mode exhibits linear time dependence rather than behaving as a spin-0 mode.

Chikun Ding, Yuebing Zhou, Yu Shi, Xiangyun Fu2026-03-03
⚛️ high-energy theory

On Gauging Finite Symmetries by Higher Gauging Condensation Defects

This paper proposes an effective field theory Lagrangian procedure for gauging finite 0-form symmetries in untwisted Dijkgraaf-Witten theories using higher gauging condensation defects, demonstrating its validity through the construction of effective actions for Heisenberg gauge groups over Zp\mathbb{Z}_p that reproduce expected braiding and fusion data while clarifying connections to higher group symmetries.

Yuan Xue, Eric Y. Yang, Zipei Zhang2026-03-03
⚛️ general relativity

Holographic timelike entanglement and subregion complexity with scalar hair

This paper investigates holographic timelike entanglement entropy and subregion complexity in scalar-deformed thermal CFTs dual to hairy black holes, demonstrating that the scalar deformation breaks the imaginary component invariance of HTEE observed in pure AdS, reveals the failure of analytic continuation to reproduce these results, and establishes that timelike subregion complexity remains real-valued with its UV-finite term in BTZ geometry arising entirely from the black hole interior.

Hadyan Luthfan Prihadi, Muhammad Alifaldi Ramadhan Al-Faritsi, Rafi Rizqy Firdaus, Fitria Khairunnisa, Yanoar Pribadi Sa (…)2026-03-03
⚛️ nuclear experiments

Search for Light Dark Sectors Using Electron-Photon Collisions

This paper proposes a novel experimental search for dark photons at electron accelerators using inverse Compton scattering (γe−→A′e−\gamma e^- \rightarrow A' e^-) with laser photons and a 3 GeV electron beam, demonstrating that this setup can probe unexplored regions of dark sector parameter space through photon counting techniques.

L. Angel, G. Casse, G. Gambini, A. S. de Jesus, V. Kozhuharov, A. Machado, F. S. Queiroz, E. Segreto, J. Smirnov2026-03-03