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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 introduces a quantum simulation framework that maps partonic cross-sections to quantum circuits to compute multi-particle processes in QCD media, successfully benchmarking dipole formation and antenna radiation patterns against analytic estimates to establish a systematic foundation for studying complex hadronic dynamics.
This paper presents a robust Bayesian framework that combines eight divergent mass-radius posteriors of PSR J0030+0451 by accounting for unknown model systematics, yielding a single conservative constraint that improves neutron star equation-of-state inference when integrated with data from PSR J0437–4715 and GW170817.
This paper presents the TQ4Q2.0 fragmentation functions, a high-precision, uncertainty-quantified framework for modeling the production of all-heavy -wave tetraquarks in hadronic collisions, which extends previous models by incorporating nonconstituent heavy-quark contributions and advanced evolution schemes to establish a definitive baseline for future collider phenomenology.
This paper theoretically proposes using a low Earth orbit spacecraft, such as the China Space Station, to leverage the Earth's mass and spin as sources for detecting ultralight vector boson-mediated interactions, potentially improving existing constraints on these exotic fifth forces by up to three orders of magnitude.
This paper employs auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo simulations on a lattice to investigate the equation of state for Fermi and neutron polarons across cold atomic and nuclear physics regimes, providing stringent benchmarks for future research while utilizing a parametric matrix model to optimize lattice Hamiltonian parameters.
This paper employs a microscopic cluster model with folding potentials and the Multiple Internal Reflections method to demonstrate that the synthesis of Mg via C + C pycnonuclear reactions in neutron stars is most probable through the formation of a new excited compound nucleus in quasibound states, offering a more precise description than traditional Woods-Saxon potentials.
This paper presents improved Standard Model predictions for the rare dilepton decays by leveraging recent advances in transition form factor calculations and a robust dispersive evaluation of subleading contributions, yielding precise branching fractions that reveal a mild tension with experimental data for and provide new constraints on physics beyond the Standard Model.
This paper demonstrates that two-proton emitters with initial diproton correlations, such as Ne, can serve as sources of spin-entangled proton pairs exhibiting correlations that exceed local-hidden-variable bounds, provided the emission occurs via a democratic three-body process rather than sequential decay.
This paper investigates the dependence of octupole excitations on surface energy in Pb using various Skyrme interactions and finds a strong positive linear correlation between the surface energy of the interaction and the predicted energy of the first octupole excitation.
This paper investigates a hadron-quark crossover equation of state for neutron stars by constraining Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model parameters with perturbative QCD and astronomical observations, finding that such crossover models significantly enhance maximum neutron star masses and offer distinct radial oscillation signatures that could serve as probes for quark matter interiors.