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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 calculates the resummed perturbative free energy of four-dimensional supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory to order in the 't Hooft coupling, demonstrating that all infrared divergences cancel, comparing different regularization schemes and Padé approximants, and showing that the theory exhibits superior convergence properties compared to QCD.
This paper establishes a consistent, theory-based benchmark of 84 non-relativistic core ionization potentials computed at the full configuration interaction level to provide a chemically accurate reference for disentangling correlation and relaxation effects and validating widely used approximate methods.
Using the parton-hadron string dynamics (PHSD) transport model, this study predicts transverse momentum spectra and yield characteristics of identified particles in Au+Au collisions across various beam energies and centralities, highlighting the critical roles of baryon stopping and strangeness production while providing theoretical context for current and future heavy-ion beam energy scan programs.
This study applies a Bayesian uncertainty quantification framework to a three-body model of the two-neutron halo nucleus C, revealing that it is bound by less than 0.35 MeV with a dominant configuration and demonstrating that its dipole strength is highly sensitive to the underlying C- interaction properties.
Using Bayesian inference and a self-consistent Skyrme Random Phase Approximation model constrained by joint Gamow-Teller resonance measurements in , , and , this study reports the first quantified determination of the Landau-Migdal parameter as , offering new insights for constructing energy density functionals that accurately describe spin-isospin interactions in dense nuclear matter.
This paper introduces a variational neural network approach to solve the free Klein-Gordon model in the momentum-space field basis, systematically benchmarking its accuracy against exact analytic results for key observables to establish a foundation for future applications to interacting theories.
This paper proposes nucleon energy correlators as a novel, inclusive framework using azimuthal asymmetries in the target fragmentation region to linearly constrain electroweak light-quark dipole operators at the Electron-Ion Collider without requiring polarized beams or final-state hadron identification.
This paper investigates how the intense electromagnetic fields in ultraperipheral heavy-ion collisions induce -lepton polarization that modifies decay distributions, proposing this phenomenon as a novel sensitive probe for CP violation at the LHC and future colliders.
This study extends V.Yu. Denisov's deformation-based empirical formula to the DUR, AKRA, and New Geiger-Nuttall models, demonstrating that the modified AKRA model best reproduces experimental -decay half-lives for 400 isotopes and provides consistent predictions for superheavy nuclei (Z = 118–124), particularly outperforming Denisov's original formula at high neutron numbers due to the inclusion of higher-order deformation effects.
This paper utilizes kinetic theory to demonstrate that expansion-induced momentum anisotropy in the quark-gluon plasma enhances the Seebeck coefficient, thereby strengthening the induced electric field and offering potential signatures for future phenomenological studies of heavy-ion collisions.