1396 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 presents three predictions for partonic energy loss in ultrarelativistic light ion collisions by combining BDMPS-Z, weighted path, and JEWEL models with realistic O and Ne geometries to demonstrate how ion size characteristically influences energy loss in small quark-gluon plasma systems.
This paper introduces HPRMAT, a high-performance, GPU-accelerated R-matrix solver that utilizes mixed-precision arithmetic and optimized linear algebra to achieve significant speedups over legacy codes, thereby enabling large-scale coupled-channel nuclear physics calculations on standard consumer workstations.
This study utilizes AMPT and HIJING transport models to demonstrate that the splitting between proton and anti-proton dipolar flow () at mid-rapidity in Au+Au collisions increases at lower beam energies, serving as a sensitive probe of baryon transport and antibaryon annihilation in the hadronic medium.
This paper demonstrates that the plane-wave approximation used in a recent Trojan Horse Method analysis of the fusion reaction is fundamentally flawed due to the critical role of Coulomb distortions, rendering the extracted astrophysical factor unreliable and potentially misleading for low-energy fusion studies.
This paper systematically investigates baryon-baryon interactions in singly bottomed dibaryon systems using the chiral quark model, revealing that low-isospin and decuplet-decuplet channels favor stronger attraction and identifying numerous potential bound states that warrant further experimental verification.
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.