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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.

⚛️ high-energy theory

Generalized Hall Conductivities in Local Commuting Projector Models: Generalized Symmetries and Protected Surface Modes

This paper constructs local commuting projector lattice models in (2+1)D and (3+1)D that realize nonzero generalized Hall conductivities for ordinary and higher-form continuous symmetries by utilizing a standard $\mathbb{Z}_N$ toric code with non-onsite symmetries, thereby circumventing traditional no-go theorems while supporting protected gapless boundaries consistent with continuum field theories.

Po-Shen Hsin, Ryohei Kobayashi2026-02-05

⚛️ phenomenology

Can Gravitational Wave Data Shed Light on Dark Matter Particles ?

By applying the Hawking Area Theorem, validated through gravitational wave data, as a consistency criterion for black hole entropy corrections, this study derives constraints on the spin-parity and number of Beyond-Standard-Model particle species that may serve as dark matter candidates.

Parthasarathi Majumdar2026-02-05

⚛️ high-energy theory

Velocity rotation curves in the gravimagnetic dipole spacetime

This paper investigates the gravimagnetic dipole spacetime formed by two counter-rotating black holes in equilibrium via a tensionless Misner string, deriving the velocities of circular rotation trajectories for both massive and massless particles along their geodesics.

Clémentine Dassy, Jan Govaerts2026-02-05

⚛️ high-energy theory

Perturbations of Solitonic Boson Stars: Nonlinear Radial Stability and Binding Energy

This paper demonstrates that solitonic boson stars with positive binding energy can remain dynamically stable against nonlinear radial perturbations, thereby challenging the conventional view that negative binding energy is a necessary condition for the stability of such compact objects.

Gareth Arturo Marks2026-02-05

⚛️ high-energy theory

Fermi Geometry of the Higgs Sector

This paper develops a vector bundle supermanifold framework with Fermi normal coordinates to geometrically interpret scalar-fermion effective field theories, specifically applying this formalism to the Standard Model Higgs sector to analyze the phenomenological consequences of custodial symmetry violation and field space non-analyticities.

Nathaniel Craig, I-Kwan Lee, Yu-Tse Lee2026-02-05

⚛️ high-energy theory

Charged black holes in Weyl conformal gravity

This paper presents a parametric study of charged black holes in Weyl conformal gravity, deriving analytic expressions for horizons and photon spheres to reveal exotic spacetime structures—such as nested black holes with trapped Cauchy horizons and triple-horizon collisions—that arise due to the absence of the inverse quadratic term and differ fundamentally from standard general relativity.

Reinosuke Kusano, Miguel Yulo Asuncion, Keith Horne2026-02-05

⚛️ high-energy theory

On the regularity of deformed extremal horizons

This paper challenges the notion that extremal black holes are inherently unstable amplifiers of new physics by demonstrating that perturbed extremal Reissner--Nordström AdS black holes can possess regular, non-spherical horizons where scalar stress-energy divergences do not prevent finite backreaction and smooth geodesic crossing.

Francesco Di Filippo, Shinji Mukohyama, José M. M. Senovilla2026-02-05

⚛️ lattice

Strong CP and the QCD Axion: Lecture Notes via Effective Field Theory

These lecture notes provide a graduate-level introduction to the strong CP problem and QCD axion physics from an effective field theory perspective, covering the construction of chiral EFT, the derivation of CP-odd observables, generalizations to various gauge theories, critiques of alternative solutions, and the standard Peccei-Quinn mechanism.

Francesco Sannino2026-02-05

⚛️ lattice

Resurrecting the coherent state variational algorithm for large $N$ gauge theories

This paper reassesses the feasibility of using coherent state variational methods for large $N$ gauge theories by introducing a new implementation applicable to SU( $N$ ) lattice gauge theories with or without fermions, and presents initial results for Hamiltonian Yang-Mills theory on an infinite two-dimensional spatial lattice.

Laurence G. Yaffe2026-02-05

⚛️ phenomenology

Canonical differential equations beyond polylogs

This paper presents a method for systematically constructing canonical differential equations to compute Feynman integrals associated with complex geometries like elliptic curves and Calabi-Yau varieties, using the two-loop sunrise integral as a primary example to demonstrate the approach beyond multiple polylogarithms.

Claude Duhr, Sara Maggio, Christoph Nega, Benjamin Sauer, Lorenzo Tancredi, Fabian J. Wagner2026-02-05

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hep-th

Generalized Hall Conductivities in Local Commuting Projector Models: Generalized Symmetries and Protected Surface Modes

Can Gravitational Wave Data Shed Light on Dark Matter Particles ?

Velocity rotation curves in the gravimagnetic dipole spacetime

Perturbations of Solitonic Boson Stars: Nonlinear Radial Stability and Binding Energy

Fermi Geometry of the Higgs Sector

Charged black holes in Weyl conformal gravity

On the regularity of deformed extremal horizons

Strong CP and the QCD Axion: Lecture Notes via Effective Field Theory

Resurrecting the coherent state variational algorithm for large NNN gauge theories

Canonical differential equations beyond polylogs

Resurrecting the coherent state variational algorithm for large $N$ gauge theories