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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.
This paper introduces the concept of "twin condensable algebras"—distinct algebraic structures sharing the same underlying anyon content—to classify symmetric gapped phases and construct intrinsic phase transitions that go beyond the Landau paradigm of spontaneous symmetry breaking.
This paper introduces Microcanonical Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (MCHMC) and its continuous variant MCLMC, which utilize fixed-energy dynamics and specialized momentum bounces to achieve superior scalability and performance compared to standard HMC methods like NUTS.
This paper investigates how anisotropy influences computational complexity in holographic black brane models, revealing that a two-sided system exhibits a non-monotonic "inverse anisotropic catalysis" effect driven by a confinement-deconfinement phase transition, whereas a one-sided system shows a monotonic decrease in complexity with increasing anisotropy due to the absence of such a transition.
This paper classifies physical operators up to dimension six in the most general bosonic effective gauge theory and computes their complete one-loop anomalous dimensions using on-shell and geometric techniques, providing a universal framework that is validated against and extends existing results for the Standard Model Effective Field Theory and axion-like particle models.
This paper establishes the most general junction conditions for (1+1)-dimensional free scalar network CFTs characterized by an group, provides their physical realizations, and derives rigorous bounds on the network Casimir energy while analyzing its implications for regular polyhedral structures.
This paper derives modified Friedmann equations from string T-duality-inspired zero-point length corrections and uses Bayesian analysis of diverse late-time cosmological data to constrain the deviation parameter to , demonstrating that current observations are consistent with the standard CDM model while highlighting the potential of future surveys to test quantum-gravity effects.
This paper demonstrates that in RegMax gravity, the coupling parameter governs a topological phase transition in charged black holes, where exceeding a critical threshold induces second-order criticality and negative Ruppeiner curvature at small scales, linking these exotic thermodynamic features to increased violations of classical energy conditions.
This paper demonstrates that four-dimensional effective theories of gravity derived from string compactifications require a non-perturbative completion involving additional light states, which can be systematically identified in F-theory compactifications on Calabi-Yau fourfolds through local supersymmetry enhancement and a unifying heterotic dual description.
This paper proposes that the fundamental gauge and diffeomorphism invariance of nature arises from a dual quantum information principle requiring scattering amplitudes to maximize entanglement while minimizing the generation of non-Clifford "magic" resources.
This paper derives the leading Cauchy-horizon flux coefficient in the reduced Polyakov model for spherically symmetric charged black holes, demonstrating that while specific stationary states can cancel the dominant quadratic divergence, generic physical prescriptions result in a nonzero flux that causes radial null curvature to diverge at the inner horizon.