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hep-th

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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

Mass/electric versus NUT/magnetic charges: duality from scattering amplitudes in D≥4D\geq4 and for all bosonic spins

This paper establishes a novel electric-magnetic duality between mass/electric and NUT/magnetic charges for Kerr-NUT metrics and higher-spin fields in dimensions D≥4D \geq 4 by demonstrating that their 3-point scattering amplitudes are generated by spin-raising operators acting on dual scalar seeds characterized by Bessel functions of opposite orders, while finding no evidence for a higher-dimensional analogue of D=4D=4 self-dual gravity integrability.

Ricardo Monteiro, Lecheng Ren, Daniel Siretanu2026-07-28
⚛️ phenomenology

A Chromomagnetic Mechanism for the Rotational Phase Transition of Gluonic Matter

This paper proposes a chromomagnetic-induced inertia inversion (CII) mechanism within a holographic framework, calibrated against lattice QCD data, to explain how rotation enhances chromomagnetic string tension and causes an anomalous negative moment of inertia in pure gluonic matter at weak real rotation, while restoring conventional behavior at higher temperatures or angular velocities.

Zhibin Li, Yidian Chen, Mei Huang2026-07-28
⚛️ general relativity

Upper bounds on the force function in spatially regular self-gravitating matter configurations

This paper establishes four new upper bounds on the dimensionless force function in spherically symmetric, spatially regular self-gravitating matter configurations by proving that the force is strictly limited to values of 2, 1, or 1/2 depending on whether the matter is generic or isotropic and whether it satisfies the dominant energy condition or has a non-positive energy-momentum trace, thereby supporting the maximum force conjecture in general relativity.

Shahar Hod2026-07-28
⚛️ high-energy theory

Freezing Swampland: A Krylov Complexity Criterion for the Weak Gravity Conjecture

This paper proposes a quantum-information-theoretic interpretation of the Weak Gravity Conjecture, demonstrating that the conjecture's requirement for charged black holes to decay is equivalent to the absence of "frozen" Krylov complexity in the dual quantum state, which only occurs when Schwinger pair production provides an available discharge channel.

Amin Faraji Astaneh, Reza Ghomi Shurkaie2026-07-28
⚛️ high-energy theory

The extremal Reissner-Nordström throat from non extremal near horizon expansions

This paper demonstrates that while the String Carroll expansion successfully describes the near-horizon Rindler geometry of non-extremal Reissner-Nordström black holes, it fails to recover the extremal AdS2×S2AdS_2 \times S^2 throat without including higher-order terms that become essential in the zero-temperature limit, particularly in the radial sector where contributions from all orders are required.

Anirudhda Shinde, Mangesh Mandlik2026-07-28
⚛️ high-energy theory

Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions in a Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian: The Imbalanced-Pairing Kitaev Model

This paper investigates the nonequilibrium dynamics of the imbalanced-pairing Kitaev model, a pseudo-Hermitian system, and demonstrates that dynamical quantum phase transitions under a linear chemical potential ramp occur exclusively when the post-ramp Hamiltonian possesses a real energy spectrum, with their critical times and velocity thresholds strongly dependent on the non-Hermiticity parameter.

R. Jafari, Alireza Akbari, Shukhrat Mardonov, H. Yavartanoo2026-07-28