931 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 outlines a modern, transparent, and methodologically robust effort to improve the precision and reliability of nuclear charge radii determinations by integrating complementary experimental techniques with advanced theoretical frameworks.
This study employs covariant density functional theory to investigate the structural evolution of even-even tungsten isotopes from W to W, revealing dynamic shape transitions, identifying a potential subshell closure at , predicting a neutron drip line at , and validating these findings against experimental data and other theoretical models to enhance understanding of nuclear structure and r-process nucleosynthesis.
This paper presents a numerical program that calculates deep inelastic scattering structure functions at next-to-leading order accuracy within the dipole picture, utilizing a reformulated expression for massive quark impact factors to ensure stable cross-section evaluations.
The paper introduces NucleiML, a machine learning framework that accelerates Bayesian exploration of nuclear equations of state by providing a -fold speedup in calculating finite nuclei ground-state properties while maintaining reasonable accuracy, thereby enabling the efficient integration of finite nuclei and neutron star constraints.
This paper utilizes a phenomenological spectrum shift model to demonstrate a striking correlation between average partonic transverse momentum loss and the initial energy density of the Quark-Gluon Plasma across a wide range of collision energies, while also successfully predicting high- hadron elliptic flow by coupling the model to geometric event shape estimates.
This paper provides approximate neutrino interaction rates for binary neutron star merger simulations in strong magnetic fields, incorporating Landau quantization and anomalous magnetic moments with controlled errors, while also identifying a low-density neutrino production channel from individual neutrons.
This paper introduces perturbation theory quantum Monte Carlo (PTQMC), a stochastic method that efficiently computes high-order many-body perturbative corrections by using random walkers to avoid exponential scaling, while also providing a new complexity metric () to better assess the validity of perturbative expansions.
This paper reviews the successes of the statistical hadronization model in describing hadron production across a broad range of collision energies for both light and heavy quarks, while highlighting recent findings on QCD phase structure and identifying remaining open issues.
This paper investigates the systematics of pygmy dipole resonances in neutron-rich medium-heavy and heavy nuclei by applying a modified macroscopic Isacker-Nagarajan-Warner model that links resonance energy to neutron skin thickness, demonstrating good agreement with experimental and microscopic data while suggesting that the required neutron-proton interaction strength challenges the notion of PDR as a purely collective state.
This paper formulates a fluctuating hydrodynamics with spin that is both generally covariant and pseudo-gauge invariant by extending the Gaussian covariant approach using torsion as an auxiliary field and deriving second-order gravitational Ward identities in the torsionful case.