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.
This paper demonstrates that integrating Halo Effective Field Theory into existing reaction codes provides an effective and efficient framework for analyzing experimental data on halo nuclei, specifically through Bayesian analysis of 19C Coulomb breakup and sensitivity studies of 11Be Coulomb breakup involving core excitation.
This paper analytically and numerically demonstrates the equivalence between the three-body formalism and the two-body left-hand cut approach for resolving exchange singularities in lattice QCD, while highlighting that exponentially suppressed finite-volume effects neglected by both methods can significantly compromise amplitude extraction at small lattice volumes.
This paper proposes that the appropriate initial condition for hydrodynamic evolution in small collision systems is characterized by the Wehrl entropy derived from the coarse-grained Husimi distribution of the partonic Wigner function, thereby bridging the gap between the quantum nature of hadronic structure and the classical requirements of hydrodynamics.
Using pulse profile modeling of X-ray data from NICER, XMM-Newton, and Chandra, this study determines that the massive millisecond pulsar PSR J1614−2230 has a gravitational mass and a compact equatorial radius, favoring a configuration with two hot spots and no significant non-thermal emission.
This paper proposes a machine learning-based surrogate model to efficiently approximate the computationally intensive nonlinear QCD evolution of dipole-nucleus scattering amplitudes, thereby enabling rigorous global analyses of dense nuclear matter and small-x gluon distributions across diverse experimental datasets.
This paper presents a data-driven model explaining -process production patterns in metal-poor stars as mixtures of two distinct components, suggesting that Pattern 2 arises from regular neutron star mergers while Pattern 1 results from a superposition of various events, thereby offering new theoretical insights into stellar classification and highlighting the need for further observational verification.
This study demonstrates that femtoscopic correlations in baryon-rich heavy-ion collisions serve as a new microscopic probe of the nuclear equation of state by revealing distinct signatures of the nuclear mean field and its stiffness, particularly through enhanced sensitivity in higher-order particle correlations at low collision energies.
Using the Gaussian expansion and complex scaling methods with interactions derived from lattice QCD, this study predicts that the baryon induces deeply bound, contracted states in due to strong attraction, whereas the baryon yields only weakly bound or resonant states in , highlighting their distinct "gluelike" behaviors in exotic hypernuclei.
This paper presents a NICER-based analysis of the neutron star PSR J0614-3329 that derives an equatorial circumferential radius of 9.88–12.77 km using a three-hot-spot model, while noting challenges in jointly fitting NICER and XMM-Newton data and discussing the resulting constraints on dense matter properties.
This review surveys the microphysics of superfluidity and superconductivity in neutron stars, focusing on the dynamics of quantized vortices and magnetic flux tubes, their role in angular-momentum exchange and rotational phenomena, and the potential implications of quark matter deconfinement for observable stellar behavior.