1664 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 reviews the theoretical and experimental status of the predicted sign reversal of Boer-Mulders functions between semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering and Drell-Yan processes, demonstrating that current data supports this reversal for proton valence quarks while highlighting future prospects for testing it in pions at the Electron-Ion Collider.
This paper combines high-energy collision data analyzed via the PHSD transport approach with cosmological and astrophysical constraints to establish comprehensive exclusion limits on the parameter space of a kinetically mixed dark photon model coupled to stable dark matter.
This paper employs a microscopic Skyrme Hartree-Fock-based folding potential model to simultaneously describe low-energy elastic scattering and calculate the astrophysical factor for the He()Be reaction, yielding a recommended zero-energy value of keV b that agrees well with experimental data.
This review paper outlines the physics prospects of proposed Super Tau-Charm Factories, highlighting their unique capabilities in high-luminosity electron-positron collisions to advance precision tests of the Standard Model, explore CP violation, study tau and charm properties, and investigate nonperturbative QCD phenomena.
This paper reformulates stellar structure equations as a dynamical system to demonstrate that the maximum mass of stellar sequences corresponds to a fixed point in the relativistic regime, a framework that explains equation-of-state-insensitive relations and suggests that the pulsar J0740+6620 likely lies near this maximum only if a strong first-order phase transition occurs just above its central density.
This paper investigates the late-time asymptotic behavior and attractor structure of spin density in minimal causal spin hydrodynamics under Gubser flow, demonstrating that in specific regimes, spin density decays as a hydrodynamic mode governed by late-time scaling laws similar to conventional thermodynamic variables.
This study investigates the interaction of accelerator neutrinos up to 55 MeV with I nuclei at the SNS, calculating cross sections that reveal the dominant contribution of the Gamow-Teller resonance GTR-1 (60–80%) alongside significant effects from higher resonances GTR-2 and AR-2, with theoretical results showing agreement with experimental data below the neutron separation threshold.
This paper presents a microscopic Skyrme quasiparticle vibration (QPVC) model to calculate -decay widths in superfluid nuclei, successfully applying it to predict the decay from the giant dipole resonance to the state in Ce with results consistent with recent experimental data.
This paper utilizes the EPOS4+CATS framework to dynamically generate non-Gaussian emission sources for charmonium-proton pairs in high-energy pp collisions, enabling the first femtoscopic extraction of charmonium-nucleon interactions while revealing that feed-down from excited states introduces significant uncertainties in prompt -proton correlation measurements.
This study quantitatively assesses the contribution of coherent photon-nuclear interactions, driven by strong electromagnetic fields in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, as a distinct background source that mimics chiral magnetic effect signals to improve the precision of separating genuine CME signals from background noise.