951 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 introduces a novel many-body truncation for Gorkov self-consistent Green's function theory that combines first-order pairing correlations with third-order particle-number-conserving dynamical correlations to accurately predict the equation of state and spectral properties of infinite nuclear matter using modern chiral effective field theory Hamiltonians.
This paper demonstrates that a dimensionless, scaled transverse-momentum spectrum exhibits universal behavior across heavy-ion collision conditions, serving as a powerful new probe that reveals collective dynamics and provides independent constraints on quark-gluon plasma properties through Bayesian analysis.
This paper investigates the in-medium properties of the meson with finite momentum in nuclear matter, revealing that while transverse polarization mass shifts remain momentum-independent, longitudinal shifts decrease quadratically with momentum due to specific vector mean-field and derivative interactions, offering new predictions for upcoming experiments at J-PARC.
This study predicts the -decay half-lives of 154 actinide nuclei using the Density-Dependent M3Y effective interaction potential within a double-folding model and WKB approximation, demonstrating superior agreement with experimental data compared to established semi-empirical models.
This paper presents a theoretical analysis demonstrating that finite size and lifetime effects in heavy-ion collisions modify the momentum-space two-point correlation function of baryon density, resulting in an effective scaling exponent that matches the infinite-system value only within a specific, experimentally accessible momentum range.
This study utilizes the Interacting Boson Model-2 (IBM-2) to successfully investigate the rare intruder nuclear levels in , , and , attributing their anomalous positions to double subshell closures and demonstrating strong agreement between theoretical predictions and experimental data for various transition rates.
This paper demonstrates that ultracold quantum gases with externally modulated scattering lengths exhibit a novel cyclic hydrodynamic attractor during oscillating isotropic expansion, extending the concept of hydrodynamic attractors beyond the previously studied monotonic expansion scenarios.
This paper calculates the tensor-polarized twist-3 parton distribution function for the spin-1 deuteron by applying twist-2 relations to the known twist-2 function , demonstrating that is comparable in magnitude to and suggesting that current and future facilities like JLab and the EIC are well-suited to investigate these higher-twist effects.
This paper constructs a neutron model analogous to a classical proton model to demonstrate that, despite electromagnetic-induced divergences at extremely small momentum transfers, the energy-momentum tensor form factor of protons and neutrons remains practically indistinguishable across experimentally accessible ranges, thereby accurately explaining the nucleon mass difference and reproducing lattice QCD data.
This paper resolves the violation of local thermodynamic relations in relativistic spin fluids by identifying a specific family of pseudo-gauges that restore standard thermodynamics, thereby deriving universal relations and explicit equations of state for free Dirac fermions and scalar fields.