1422 papers
Nuclear theory sits at the fascinating intersection of particle physics and the forces that hold our universe together. This field explores how protons and neutrons bind inside atomic nuclei, seeking to understand the fundamental interactions that govern matter at its most dense and energetic levels. While the mathematics involved can be incredibly complex, the core questions are deeply human: how does the universe function at its smallest scales, and what happens when we push matter to its limits?
At Gist.Science, we make these cutting-edge discoveries accessible by processing every new preprint published in this category on arXiv. Our team transforms dense academic manuscripts into clear, plain-language summaries alongside detailed technical overviews, ensuring that both experts and curious readers can grasp the latest breakthroughs without getting lost in the jargon. Below are the latest papers in nuclear theory, distilled and ready for you to explore.
This paper calculates the tensor-polarized twist-3 parton distribution function for the spin-1 deuteron by applying twist-2 relations to the known twist-2 function , demonstrating that is comparable in magnitude to and suggesting that current and future facilities like JLab and the EIC are well-suited to investigate these higher-twist effects.
This paper constructs a neutron model analogous to a classical proton model to demonstrate that, despite electromagnetic-induced divergences at extremely small momentum transfers, the energy-momentum tensor form factor of protons and neutrons remains practically indistinguishable across experimentally accessible ranges, thereby accurately explaining the nucleon mass difference and reproducing lattice QCD data.
This paper resolves the violation of local thermodynamic relations in relativistic spin fluids by identifying a specific family of pseudo-gauges that restore standard thermodynamics, thereby deriving universal relations and explicit equations of state for free Dirac fermions and scalar fields.
This paper surveys empirical evidence and theoretical frameworks, ranging from multifragmentation data and mean-field calculations to chiral effective field theory, regarding the first-order liquid-gas phase transition in nuclear matter and the determination of its critical point.
This paper proposes a method to compute energy-integrated neutrino cross sections directly from Euclidean responses by decomposing kinematic prefactors into moments and specific weighted integrals, thereby avoiding the need for Laplace transform inversion and enabling ab-initio calculations with controlled uncertainties.
This paper proposes a new nonet scheme for scalar mesons (, , , and ) as -wave quark-antiquark states while identifying as a glueball, supporting this classification through statistical and coalescence model calculations of their production yields in relativistic heavy ion collisions.
This paper investigates the electromagnetic structure of heavy quarkonia and the meson using a light-front quark model with variational wave functions, finding that the electromagnetic radii of and states are approximately 1.5 and 1.9 times larger than their counterparts, respectively, in agreement with lattice QCD data and other model predictions.
This paper extends the consistent- scheme within the interacting boson fermion fermion model to odd-odd nuclei, demonstrating that unpaired nucleons do not suppress critical behavior during shape phase transitions, thereby confirming that these transitions remain fundamental to the structural evolution of such systems in heavy and intermediately-heavy mass regions.
This paper employs the Gamow shell model in the coupled-channel formulation (GSMCC) with a cluster expansion to simultaneously describe the spectrum of Li and the elastic scattering reaction He(H, H)He.
This study employs the Gamow shell model with a translationally invariant Hamiltonian to investigate the behavior of continuum-coupling correlation energy for near-threshold states in Li and Be.