⚛️ Category

hep-th

4606 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.

⚛️ phenomenology

Symmetric Gapped States and Symmetry-Enforced Gaplessness in 3-dimension

This paper establishes a comprehensive framework in three spatial dimensions that classifies fermionic quantum anomalies into two distinct classes—those permitting symmetric gapped phases and those enforcing gaplessness—thereby providing concrete predictions for the infrared behavior of (3+1)-dimensional gauge theories and demonstrating that discrete chiral anomalies cannot be trivialized by adding bosonic degrees of freedom.

Arun Debray, Matthew Yu, Weicheng Ye2026-02-16
⚛️ phenomenology

Lazarides-Shafi axion models as Dijkgraaf-Witten theories

This paper formulates Lazarides-Shafi axion models as Dijkgraaf-Witten topological quantum field theories to derive a master formula for the domain wall number and clarify how higher-form symmetries and higher-group structures enable vacuum identification, revealing that even domain-wall-number-one scenarios exhibit nontrivial four-group structures and symmetry-protected topological phases.

Motoo Suzuki, Ryo Yokokura2026-02-16
⚛️ high-energy theory

Neural and numerical methods for G2\mathrm{G}_2-structures on contact Calabi-Yau 7-manifolds

This paper presents a three-stage numerical framework that leverages neural networks to approximate Ricci-flat metrics on Calabi-Yau threefolds and subsequently learn G2\mathrm{G}_2-structure 3-forms and their induced metrics on contact Calabi-Yau 7-manifolds, validating the results through a novel numerical implementation of the exterior derivative.

Elli Heyes, Edward Hirst, Henrique N. Sá Earp, Tomás S. R. Silva2026-02-16
🔢 mathematics

A geometrical invitation to BMS group theory

This paper provides a self-contained, geometrically grounded introduction to BMS group theory in any dimension by defining BMS transformations as conformal Carrollian isometries at null infinity, exploring their semidirect structure, and detailing their relationship to Minkowski spacetime reconstruction, Poincaré subgroups, and unitary representations without relying on traditional bulk realizations.

Xavier Bekaert, Yannick Herfray, Lea Mele, Noémie Parrini2026-02-16
⚛️ general relativity

Charged traversable wormholes: charge without charge

This paper presents and analyzes charged traversable wormhole solutions supported by anisotropic matter fields, confirming their physical viability through flare-out conditions, tidal force evaluations, and light deflection studies, while also constructing rotating generalizations to demonstrate a concrete realization of the "charge without charge" concept.

Hyeong-Chan Kim, Sung-Won Kim, Bum-Hoon Lee, Wonwoo Lee2026-02-13
⚛️ general relativity

Effect of ultralight dark matter on compact binary mergers

This paper investigates how ultralight dark matter influences compact binary merger statistics through accretion and dynamical friction, demonstrating that significant deviations from baseline models occur at ambient densities exceeding 10410^4 GeV/cm³ and offering a pathway to constrain dark matter distributions using gravitational wave data from the GWTC-3 catalogue.

Kabir Chakravarti, Soham Acharya, Sumanta Chakraborty, Sudipta Sarkar2026-02-13