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.

Canonical formulation of the plasmon - hard particle scattering process in a quark-gluon plasma

This paper demonstrates that a previously proposed Hamiltonian formalism for soft excitations in a quark-gluon plasma is also effective for describing the scattering of colorless plasmons off hard thermal particles, leading to the development of a generalized Poisson superbracket, higher-order interaction Hamiltonians, and a self-consistent system of kinetic equations for the system's dynamics.

Yu. A. Markov, M. A. Markova2026-05-27⚛️ hep-th

Quark-Antiquark Potential as a Probe for Holographic Phase Transitions

This paper investigates whether the holographic quark-antiquark potential can detect a higher-order phase transition between planar charged Reissner-Nordström-AdS and hairy black holes, concluding that while the potential values coincide at the transition point, one phase consistently dominates the other, a behavior also observed in higher-dimensional probes like holographic entanglement entropy.

Andrés Anabalón, Mariano Chernicoff, Gaston Giribet, Julio Oliva, Martín Reyes2026-05-27⚛️ hep-th

Diffusion-model approach to flavor models: A case study for S4S_4^\prime modular flavor model

This paper proposes a diffusion-model-based generative AI method to efficiently search for phenomenologically viable parameters in the S4S_4^\prime modular flavor model, successfully identifying new parameter regions and confirming spontaneous CP violation that are difficult to access through traditional analytical approaches.

Satsuki Nishimura, Hajime Otsuka, Haruki Uchiyama2026-05-27🤖 cs.LG

Exact WKB in all sectors II: Potentials with non-degenerate saddles

This paper advances the exact-WKB formalism for general one-dimensional potentials by analyzing spectral transitions across sectors via complexification, deriving exact median quantization conditions and trans-series structures for asymmetric triple-well and tilted double-well systems, and establishing transformation rules for genus-1 resurgence data that clarify the link between path integrals and exact-WKB methods.

Tatsuhiro Misumi, Cihan Pazarbaşı2026-05-27🔢 math-ph