1634 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.
The paper introduces FUSION, a skill-based research agent that automates the retrieval, execution, and verification of publicly available nuclear-physics codes by requiring them to reproduce established benchmarks before reporting results, thereby ensuring physical correctness alongside computational efficiency.
This paper proposes a hierarchical Bayesian framework using next-generation gravitational-wave observatories to transform the assumption of a universal neutron star equation of state into a testable hypothesis, demonstrating that approximately 30 to 50 high-signal mergers could reveal distinct stellar subpopulations that violate this universality.
This paper proposes that the observed breaking of Number of Constituent Quark (NCQ) scaling in elliptic flow at RHIC and FAIR energies is not a sign of the onset of partonic collectivity, but rather an artifact caused by spectator shadowing effects.
This paper introduces CGC-py, a Monte Carlo event generator that integrates Color Glass Condensate physics with parton branching and hadronization to consistently model deep-inelastic scattering, validating its predictions against experimental data and demonstrating its utility for probing gluon saturation effects in future electron-ion collider measurements.
This paper proposes a practical partial-wave method based on the Lednický–Lyuboshitz framework, which incorporates experimental phase-shift data to extract resonance signals of unstable light nuclei from two-particle correlation functions in heavy-ion collisions, successfully demonstrating its application to the Li and Li systems using STAR experimental data.
This study demonstrates that incorporating self-interacting bosonic dark matter into hybrid equations of state with first-order phase transitions to quark matter stabilizes mass-radius configurations, eliminates the instability gap between hadronic and hybrid branches to enable continuous twin star sequences, and gives rise to two distinct classes of ultra-compact objects that can be distinguished by their surface redshifts and dark matter content.
This paper presents the first QCD determination of an energy-dependent two-hadron form factor by combining lattice QCD calculations of finite-volume electromagnetic matrix elements with a finite-volume formalism to constrain the infinite-volume forward amplitude, thereby validating the approach for studying the electroweak structure of resonances and multi-hadron states.
This paper proposes using cross-rapidity net-baryon cumulants to distinguish QCD critical fluctuations from global baryon-number conservation effects by exploiting their opposite correlation signs, thereby offering a refined strategy for identifying the critical endpoint in beam-energy-scan experiments.
This paper demonstrates that by subtracting hadronic recoil measured within a specific rapidity interval from the boson's transverse momentum, detector geometry can effectively suppress QCD radiation to unmask gluon saturation signatures in forward production, thereby lowering the effective hard scale and enabling a clearer probe of nonlinear small- QCD in proton-nucleus collisions.
This paper compares quantum statistical and phase-space excluded-volume approaches to model light cluster abundances in hot, dense nuclear matter near saturation density, revealing a sharp decrease in cluster populations consistent with relativistic mean-field calculations and highlighting the need to incorporate non-equilibrium effects for heavy-ion collision studies.