1411 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 study employs an \textit{ab initio} valence space in-medium similarity renormalization group method to investigate quantum entanglement measures, such as proton-neutron entanglement entropy and mutual information, revealing their critical role in characterizing the structure and correlations within the island of inversion region for neutron-rich Ne, Mg, and Si isotopes.
This paper presents the first Bayesian extraction of the trace anomaly of cold dense matter from collective flow observables in heavy-ion collisions, demonstrating a quantitative agreement with independent astrophysical constraints from neutron stars and establishing a consistent macroscopic bridge between terrestrial and cosmic dense-matter environments.
This paper proposes a theoretically clean and experimentally simple "one-point charge-correlator" probe for measuring the Sivers effect in back-to-back deep-inelastic scattering using only charged track signs and directions, which achieves factorization without relying on non-perturbative fragmentation functions and provides high-precision resummed predictions for future Electron-Ion Collider experiments.
This study investigates shape coexistence and mixing in the stable Zr, Mo, and Ru isobars by combining Covariant Density Functional Theory for ground-state deformations with a Bohr-Mottelson Hamiltonian featuring an octic potential for excited states, revealing that these phenomena significantly influence the nuclear structure near the Z=40 and N=50 shell closures.
This paper utilizes the MC-CGC event generator to demonstrate that LHCb data favors HERA-constrained initial conditions for the rcBK evolution equation and that the dense-dense factorization framework better describes mid-rapidity particle production than the dilute-dense DHJ approach, while also providing predictions for future ALICE FoCal measurements.
This review comprehensively examines the past decade's theoretical and experimental advances in laser-assisted nuclear decay and excitation, highlighting key developments in modeling laser-nucleus interactions and achieving breakthroughs in exciting specific isotopes like Th, Kr, and Sc to enable future applications in fundamental science and technology.
This paper presents a comprehensive study of inclusive charm and bottom quark pair production cross sections across a wide range of collision energies using next-to-next-to-leading-order (NNLO) calculations with the new MaunaKea code, demonstrating that these advanced predictions significantly enhance accuracy and reduce theoretical uncertainties compared to previous NLO results, thereby achieving agreement with experimental data and offering valuable constraints on gluon density and the bottom-quark mass.
This paper employs weakly coupled QCD kinetic theory to simulate minijet thermalization in a Quark-Gluon Plasma, demonstrating that including recoiling medium particles is essential for reconciling standard jet transport coefficients with kinetic evolution and establishing a phenomenological estimate for minijet quenching times.
Using the constituent quark model, this paper analyzes the radiative decays of various excited and charmed baryons in the flavor anti-triplet, providing branching ratios and decay widths that aid in identifying resonances and clarifying the nature of the and states.
Using a three-flavor PNJL model, this study demonstrates that the fourth-order correlation of baryon number and electric charge is more sensitive to magnetic fields at the chiral restoration phase transition than other fluctuations, making it a superior magnetometer for QCD.