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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 generalizes the tube algebra framework to codimension-2 defects in (2+1)D topological phases by introducing defect tube algebras as comodule algebras over weak Hopf tube algebras, thereby characterizing boundary and domain wall defects through their representations and extending the structure to multicomodule algebras for higher-order junctions.
This paper demonstrates that in a lattice formulation of three-dimensional super Yang--Mills theory preserving one exact scalar supersymmetry, the restoration of rotational symmetry in the continuum limit automatically ensures the restoration of the remaining seven supersymmetries, thereby eliminating the need for fine-tuning.
This paper demonstrates that while machine learning can effectively propose candidate Lax connections and identify spectral structures in non-linear sigma models, low flatness loss alone is insufficient to certify genuine integrability, as illustrated by a "fake Lax" connection found in the coset that requires analytic validation to distinguish it from true integrable systems.
This paper clarifies the derivation of symplectic currents and charges in the LeClair-Neubert model of scalar fermions, demonstrating that imposing pseudo-Hermiticity reduces the global symmetry from Sp(2,C) to SU(2) and confirming that the model admits generalized unitary evolution.
This chapter pedagogically explains how particle physics models, specifically those leveraging scale invariance and Goldstone's theorem, naturally generate inflationary scenarios with testable predictions for new physics.
This paper proposes a novel dark matter production mechanism where light, stable Planck-scale black holes form from the collapse of dark baryons in large- confining SU(N) gauge theories, subjecting the model's parameters to strict constraints on the number of colors and relic mass to account for the entirety of dark matter.
This paper proposes a probabilistic construction of non-compactified imaginary Liouville Field Theory based on a real Gaussian Free Field, demonstrating through exact results and numerical simulations that it reproduces the imaginary DOZZ structure constants without requiring a neutrality constraint.
This paper demonstrates that the divergent perturbative series of the quantum metric tensor in anharmonic oscillators can be accurately reconstructed using Borel–Padé resummation guided by resurgence theory, thereby extending non-perturbative techniques from energy eigenvalues to quantum geometry.
This paper presents a systematic construction of the complete set of independent six-derivative effective scalar-tensor theories, extending Weinberg's four-derivative framework to provide a robust foundation for studying quantum corrections, parity-violating interactions, and strong-curvature effects in gravity.
This paper introduces a thermodynamic scaling framework for QCD enthalpy that defines an anomalous thermal dimension, , to successfully characterize the deconfinement crossover and link quantum scale anomalies to information-geometric curvature, as validated by Lattice QCD data.