Clay weekly context brief for the High Energy Physics category (ISO week 2026-W39). Clay tracks publications from the High Energy Physics feed list. Below are recent items from this category, each with its source and a short description of what the publication covers when one is available in the source feed. Recent publications: 1. Bosonic stars with dark electroweak fields Source: gr-qc (General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.19273 We construct bosonic stars in the Einstein-Weinberg-Salam theory, namely the bosonic sector of the electroweak Standard Model minimally coupled to Einstein's theory of gravity. 2. Status and Prospects of the HEP Statistical Inference Ecosystem Source: hep-ex (High Energy Physics - Experiment) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.19761 Statistical inference is a crucial part of HEP analyses. 3. Numerical Investigations of Phase Transitions in Lattice Field Theories Source: hep-lat (High Energy Physics - Lattice) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20536 The study of phase transitions plays an important role in understanding qualitative changes in the behaviour of physical systems at criticality. 4. Quantum Seesaw Cosmology: A Heating Phase from Pauli Blocking Source: hep-ph (High Energy Physics - Phenomenology) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.17681 In Seesaw Cosmology, a scalar field reheats the Standard Model (SM) through right-handed neutrinos (RHNs), which generate tiny neutrino masses through the seesaw mechanism. 5. Quantum Dynamics of Probe Particles in Thermal Fields and the Emergence of Stochastic Dynamics Source: hep-th (High Energy Physics - Theory) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.17657 Starting from a general Hamiltonian describing the quantum dynamics of probe particles interacting with a set of environment degrees of freedom, we derive the quantum master equation with which the reduced density matrix of a probe particle evolves, the general equilibration condition that they satisfy when the environment is prepared in a thermal state -- encoded in a KMS property for line operators extended in real time -- and the Langevin description that emerges. 6. On Stochastic Memory Backgrounds In LISA Source: gr-qc (General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.19462 Gravitational-wave (GW) memory is a permanent change in spacetime geometry induced by a burst of gravitational waves. 7. Constraints on the Higgs boson total width from on-shell signal-background interference in the $H\to\gamma\gamma$ decay channel with $pp$ collisions at Source: hep-ex (High Energy Physics - Experiment) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.19948 The total decay width of the Higgs boson, $\Gamma_H$, encodes all of its decay modes; any decay into particles beyond the Standard Model (SM) would increase $\Gamma_H$ above the SM prediction of 4.1 MeV. 8. Computability of GPDs near $x=\pm\xi$ in Lattice QCD Source: hep-lat (High Energy Physics - Lattice) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20545 In lattice QCD computations of generalized parton distributions (GPDs), the large momentum expansion generally requires all hard scales, $2|x\pm\xi|P^z$ and $2|1\pm x|P^z$, to be much larger than $\Lambda_{\rm QCD}$. 9. Assessment of Super- and Hyper-Kamiokande Sensitivity to the DSNB Source: hep-ph (High Energy Physics - Phenomenology) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.17705 The detection of the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background (DSNB) is one of the main goals of the current and the next generation of neutrino experiments. 10. Bosonic String Amplitudes From Ribbon Graphs Source: hep-th (High Energy Physics - Theory) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.17660 We develop a method for numerically computing higher genus CFT correlators and string amplitudes based on Kontsevich's ribbon graph parametrization of the moduli space $\mathcal{M}_{g,n}$ of punctured Riemann surfaces. 11. Classical Noise in Transient USR Inflation Source: gr-qc (General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.19478 In single-field inflation, linear perturbations originate as quantum fluctuations and undergo a quantum-to-classical transition on super-horizon scales as the decaying mode of the comoving curvature perturbation $\mathcal{R}$ is suppressed. 12. IRIS-HEP 2026 Statistical Ecosystem Blueprint White Paper Source: hep-ex (High Energy Physics - Experiment) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.19992 This white paper presents the current status of the ecosystem of statistical tools used in High Energy Physics (HEP), and attempts to summarize the views on the future R&D directions. 13. Non-Abelian Anyon Condensation: a Path-Integral Monte Carlo Approach Source: hep-lat (High Energy Physics - Lattice) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.19282 Transitions out of non-Abelian topological order are difficult to describe in microscopic quantum models with numerical methods that remain tractable at large scales. 14. Galactic Endothermic Production and Exothermic Detection of Excited Dark Matter: Implications for LUX-ZEPLIN Source: hep-ph (High Energy Physics - Phenomenology) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.17935 The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment reported a candidate nuclear recoil at $248\,\mathrm{keV}$. 15. Full Eigenstate Thermalization in Quantum Field Theory and Gravitational Scrambling Source: hep-th (High Energy Physics - Theory) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.17663 Using thermal analyticity, we derive directional large-frequency bounds on the smooth functions entering full eigenstate thermalization in continuum quantum field theory. 16. Extending the Love-Q Relation to Rapidly Rotating Neutron Stars for Gravitational-Waveform Modelling Source: gr-qc (General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.19975 Gravitational-wave observations of binary neutron star mergers probe the neutron star equation of state through finite-size effects on the waveform. 17. Coverage Is Not Ordering: Ancillary Leakage and Representation Dependence in Covariance-Based Inference Source: hep-ex (High Energy Physics - Experiment) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20007 A covariance matrix is often used as a compact surrogate for the statistical model of a measurement. 18. Variational Solution of Non-Hermitian Quantum Field Theory in Two Dimensions Source: hep-lat (High Energy Physics - Lattice) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.19798 This work describes a variational technique to solve non-Hermitian quantum systems, in particular those with negative coupling quartic self-interaction. 19. Cat's cradle diagrams for substructure studies Source: hep-ph (High Energy Physics - Phenomenology) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18102 We propose Cat's Cradle diagrams as a framework to analyse the perturbative accuracy of gauge quantum field theories across different kinematic regions, interpolating between the power countings of fixed-order perturbation theory and soft-collinear resummation. 20. Full Eigenstate Thermalization in Quantum Field Theory: Free Cumulants and Gravitational Scrambling Source: hep-th (High Energy Physics - Theory) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.17669 Using thermal analyticity, we derive directional large-frequency bounds on the smooth functions entering full eigenstate thermalization in continuum quantum field theory. 21. Extremal Scalarization of Charged Black Holes: Miransky Scaling across Reissner-Nordstr\"om Extremality Source: gr-qc (General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20040 We study spontaneous scalarization near and at extremality in Einstein-Maxwell-scalar theory. 22. A heterogeneous and vectorized sequence for the HL-LHC full tracking reconstruction of the CMS experiment Source: hep-ex (High Energy Physics - Experiment) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20135 This contribution presents the new baseline strategy for the Phase-2 tracking of the CMS experiment for online event reconstruction, and for the main iteration of offline tracking. 23. Unconstrained compact lattice QED$_{2+1}$ coupled to phonons: Gauss sectors, orthogonal semimetal, and deconfined criticality Source: hep-lat (High Energy Physics - Lattice) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20502 Gauge theoretic descriptions of 2D quantum magnets are defined on a restricted physical Hilbert space by imposing Gauss's law. 24. L\'evy structure of the forward fixed-coupling BFKL kernel and a fixed-order obstruction to positivity in the symmetric scheme Source: hep-ph (High Energy Physics - Phenomenology) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18269 We establish a Levy interpretation of normalized forward BFKL small-$x$ evolution at leading order and fixed coupling, and exclude a probability law at fixed-order next-to-leading accuracy in the symmetric scheme. 25. Fixed Points, Floquet Entanglement Asymmetry, and Quantum Mpemba Effects Source: hep-th (High Energy Physics - Theory) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.17724 We investigate the dynamics of entanglement asymmetry in periodically driven two-dimensional conformal field theories with a global U$(1)$ symmetry, using a dynamical-system description based on iterated conformal maps, in particular M\"obius maps. 26. Higher-order generalized uncertainty principle corrections to Casimir-supported traversable wormholes Source: gr-qc (General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20168 We investigate traversable wormholes supported by Casimir vacuum energy with second-order generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) corrections. 27. Observation of double $s\bar{s}$ production in $e^+e^-$ collision at $\sqrt{s} = 3.08~\textrm{GeV}$ Source: hep-ex (High Energy Physics - Experiment) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20154 We report the observation of significant double-$s\bar{s}$ production in the $e^+e^-$ continuum, based on the measurement of prompt $\phi$ mesons produced in association with hadrons containing an $s$ quark or an $s\bar{s}$ pair. 28. Electromagnetic form factors of vector mesons in Einstein-dilaton holographic QCD Source: hep-lat (High Energy Physics - Lattice) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20736 We investigate the electromagnetic form factors of the $\rho$ meson family within a holographic QCD framework based on Einstein-dilaton gravity with confining backgrounds. 29. Dark matter as higher-form fields Source: hep-ph (High Energy Physics - Phenomenology) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18285 Among the crowd of dark matter candidates, light scalar and vector particles have been the focus of intense theoretical and experimental investigations over the past 15 years. 30. Smooth cutoffs and analytic continuation in Casimir physics Source: hep-th (High Energy Physics - Theory) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.17917 Divergent series arising in the computation of Casimir energies admit two seemingly different treatments: a physically motivated regularization and subtraction procedure, and formal analytic continuation methods that assign finite values directly to divergent expressions. 31. Radiative losses from unbound orbits at quadratic order in spin from MPM formalism Source: gr-qc (General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20185 We study the spinning two-body system in the aligned spin case for hyperboliclike motions computing all radiative losses (at the 2PN absolute accuracy and including spin-squared corrections) using the MPM formalism and generalizing previous results valid at linear order in spin [Phys. 32. Internal structure of exotic hadron candidate $f_0$(980) by using fragmentation functions Source: hep-ex (High Energy Physics - Experiment) Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.17974 High-energy hadron reactions could be appropriate to find exotic evidences in exotic hadron candidates instead of global observables such as masses, spins, parities, and decay widths, because quarks and gluons are explicit degrees of freedom. Sources in this brief: gr-qc (General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology); hep-ex (High Energy Physics - Experiment); hep-lat (High Energy Physics - Lattice); hep-ph (High Energy Physics - Phenomenology); hep-th (High Energy Physics - Theory). Selected 32 of 414 available items for this weekly brief.