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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.

Geometrically Significant Surfaces of Black Holes from a Single Scalar

This paper demonstrates that a single scalar function, derived from the analytically continued membrane-paradigm pressure of the Kerr-Newman black hole, serves as a unified global detector that simultaneously encodes the locations of all critical geometric surfaces—including horizons, stationary limits, singularities, and asymptotic infinity—while also admitting an interpretation as a generalized van der Waals equation of state.

Cagdas Ulus Agca, Bayram Tekin2026-04-14⚛️ gr-qc

Crystalline topological invariants in quantum many-body systems

This paper reviews recent non-perturbative developments in characterizing, classifying, and detecting crystalline symmetry-protected topological invariants in two-dimensional strongly interacting quantum many-body systems, with a focus on lattice translation and rotation symmetries in both integer and fractional Chern insulators.

Naren Manjunath, Maissam Barkeshli2026-04-14🔢 math-ph

Analytic semiclassical backreaction of a Schwarzschild black hole in a finite cavity: horizon shift, temperature renormalization, and canonical stability in the Hartle-Hawking State

This paper presents an analytic model of static semiclassical backreaction for a Schwarzschild black hole in the Hartle-Hawking state within a finite cavity, deriving explicit first-order corrections to the horizon location and Hawking temperature while demonstrating that the near-horizon geometry retains its universal Rindler structure, thereby confirming that semiclassical effects renormalize rather than fundamentally alter the geometric origin of Hawking radiation.

G. G. L. Nashed, Alnadhief H. A. Alfedeel, Tiberiu Harko2026-04-14⚛️ gr-qc

Connecting Supersymmetry to Non-Supersymmetric theories: the Gross-Neveu-Yukawa example

This paper constructs a unified Lagrangian framework connecting Gross-Neveu-Yukawa, Nambu-Jona-Lasinio-Yukawa, and Wess-Zumino models to elucidate emergent supersymmetry at critical points and leverage supersymmetry Ward identities to simplify loop calculations and reduce computational costs for determining anomalous dimensions in non-supersymmetric theories.

Mrigankamauli Chakraborty, Sven-Olaf Moch2026-04-14⚛️ hep-th

The Junction Law for Multipartite Entanglement in Confining Holographic Backgrounds

This paper investigates the realization of the junction law for multipartite entanglement in confining holographic backgrounds using genuine multi-entropy, demonstrating that while the junction picture persists across both hard-wall and smooth geometries, the specific phase structures and short-distance scaling behaviors are highly dependent on the background details.

Norihiro Iizuka, Akihiro Miyata2026-04-14⚛️ gr-qc

Adaptive H-EFT-VA: A Provably Safe Trajectory Through the Trainability-Expressibility Landscape of Variational Quantum Algorithms

This paper introduces Adaptive H-EFT-VA, a provably safe variational quantum algorithm that dynamically navigates the trainability-expressibility tradeoff to overcome the reference-state gap of static methods while maintaining gradient variance and ensuring robust convergence without hyperparameter search.

Eyad I. B. Hamid2026-04-14⚛️ quant-ph

Exact holographic thermal spectral functions: OPE, non-perturbative corrections, and black hole singularity

This paper demonstrates that the exact thermal spectral functions of even-dimensional holographic CFTs factorize into perturbative and non-perturbative components, utilizing exact WKB techniques to derive a full transseries expansion that explicitly links the non-perturbative sector to the imprints of the black hole singularity in complex time correlators.

Hewei Frederic Jia, Mukund Rangamani2026-04-14⚛️ gr-qc

Discussion on the equivalence of two relativistic point-particle Lagrangians

This paper rigorously demonstrates that the two common relativistic point-particle Lagrangians are not generally equivalent for arbitrary external potentials, as they yield different dynamical behaviors (chaotic vs. integrable) and Hamiltonian structures, though they coincide for electromagnetic interactions or vanishing potentials.

Liubin Wang, Xin Wu2026-04-14⚛️ gr-qc

Holographic is Hamiltonian, relatively

The paper demonstrates that relative holographic energy is equivalent to relative Hamiltonian energy.

Piotr T. Chrusciel, Raphaela Wutte2026-04-14⚛️ gr-qc

Dynamical Generation of the VY Superpotential in $N=1$ SYM: A Higher-Form Perspective

This paper presents a semiclassical derivation of the Veneziano-Yankielowicz superpotential in four-dimensional $N=1$ super Yang-Mills theory by reinterpreting domain walls as excitations of a compact three-form gauge field, where non-perturbative effects from fractional instanton-like configurations generate the effective superpotential.

Wei Gu2026-04-14⚛️ hep-th

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