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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 paper introduces ToMCCA-3, a realistic three-body coalescence model based on the Wigner function formalism and constrained by modern nuclear interaction data, which successfully predicts light (anti)nuclei yields in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV and demonstrates their sensitivity to nuclear wave functions when compared with ALICE experimental data.
This paper demonstrates a remarkable convergence between Basis Light-Front Quantization and Dyson-Schwinger equations in predicting charmonium light-front wave functions and associated observables, thereby validating both Hamiltonian and Lagrangian approaches for studying non-perturbative QCD structure.
This paper investigates the feasibility of extracting baryon-antibaryon generalized distribution amplitudes from the process using QCD factorization and numerical estimates, demonstrating that such a measurement is achievable at the Belle II experiment.
This study investigates the structural effects of , , and mesons on Be nuclei using HAL QCD potentials and the Gaussian expansion method, revealing that the meson strongly binds the system into stable states while and interactions are weaker and form only shallow bound states, with specific predictions for new -charmonium bound states and the non-Borromean nature of .
This paper provides a brief overview of tensor-polarized parton distribution functions for spin-1 hadrons, covering leading-twist structure functions, gluon transversity, higher-twist distributions, and related transverse-momentum-dependent functions up to twist 4 in the context of upcoming deuteron experiments.
This paper theoretically demonstrates and numerically calculates that nuclear modifications to the longitudinal-transverse structure function ratio in the deuteron, arising from transverse Fermi motion, are of the order of a few percent and should be accounted for in high-energy nuclear data analysis and future experimental investigations.
This paper analyzes the role of symmetry energy in neutron and hybrid stars, demonstrating that a low-density onset of stiff quark matter in hybrid stars helps reconcile GW170817 and NICER observations while suggesting the binary system may consist of such hybrid stars or exhibit a quarkyonic crossover.
This paper proposes using Noether's second theorem, rather than the first, to derive unique and physically consistent energy-momentum and spin currents for free massive Dirac particles, thereby resolving the ambiguities typically associated with pseudogauge transformations in relativistic spin hydrodynamics.
This paper utilizes the norm operator method to demonstrate that subspace mappings in boson expansion theory can be properly derived from whole space mappings through the appropriate renormalization of non-adopted phonon contributions, thereby correcting conventional misconceptions and validating the Park operator's effectiveness in subspace contexts.
This paper analyzes the capture in the Li reaction using an effective operator to demonstrate that isoscalar transitions are forbidden without initial state distortion and that the dominant contribution arises from transitions to isospin 1 components, offering a potential explanation for discrepancies in reported -factors.