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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 study proposes that medium vorticity induces spin-dependent dissociation of quarkonia via a modified color-singlet potential, thereby altering their spin alignment () in Pb--Pb collisions at TeV and offering new insights into the microscopic dynamics of the vortical quark-gluon plasma.
This paper investigates whether three anomalous compact objects can be modeled as dark matter admixed neutron stars using a first-principles baryonic equation of state, finding that HESS J1731-347 and PSR J1231-1411 are consistent with small fermionic dark matter fractions while XTE J1814-338 is ruled out as a candidate and instead suggests a twin star scenario.
This paper calculates electroweak radiative corrections to parity-violating electron-nucleus scattering, finding that large cancellations between vertex corrections leave vacuum polarization as the dominant effect, which is negligible for PREX, MREX, and CREX experiments on heavy nuclei but essential for precision measurements on C.
This paper presents an algebraic solution to the self-consistent Nilsson cranking model for the 20Ne nucleus, which yields ground-state rotational-band energies in significantly better agreement with experimental data than previous numerical methods and offers insights into rotation type transitions and weak pairing correlations.
This paper presents the first \textit{ab initio} calculations of key first-forbidden transitions using chiral nuclear forces, demonstrating that incorporating these microscopic shape factors into reactor antineutrino spectrum models yields a pronounced enhancement around 5 MeV that may partially explain the observed "5 MeV bump" and the reactor antineutrino anomaly.
This paper proposes a new analytical model, EBD3, which successfully reproduces experimental evaporation residue cross sections for super-heavy nuclei (Z≥110) within one order of magnitude and provides predictions for synthesizing element 119, identifying promising reaction pathways such as Sc + Cf.
This paper presents a quantitative lattice study of two-color QCD at finite chemical potential, revealing that chromo-electromagnetic field strengths undergo a finite-volume crossover near with initial suppression followed by enhancement, while the difference between squared electric and magnetic fields grows monotonically with density.
This study investigates how high external pressure, modeled via an impenetrable spherical cavity, significantly enhances finite-nuclear-size corrections and electron-capture decay rates in confined hydrogenlike ions while lifting level degeneracies and altering the relative magnitudes of these corrections across different bound states.
This paper presents the first unified calculation of twist-3 quark-gluon correlations for both protons and pions using a light-front effective Hamiltonian, demonstrating quantitative consistency with experimental data for Sivers and Boer-Mulders asymmetries.
This study utilizes Total Routhian Surface calculations to explain the distinct signature inversion in the [523]5/2 band and conventional splitting in the [642]5/2 band of Hf by revealing how a Z=72 proton subshell gap locks the core while neutron-driven shape bifurcations and gamma-softness dictate the alignment dynamics and rotational behavior of these signature partner bands.