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Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Physics · University of Southampton
Hosein Gholami
I'm a theoretical physicist exploring the densest objects we can observe, neutron stars, by studying the fundamental building blocks of matter. I'm also a programmer at heart: this site is full of interactive simulations, tools and apps I build in my free time.
News
- Giersch Excellence Award for the best PhD thesisOct 2026
- Started as a postdoc at the University of SouthamptonOct 2026
- Best Poster Award at Quark Matter 2025Apr 2025
Latest research
- A doubly critical point in the color-superconducting regime of the RG-consistent NJL modelarXiv · Aug 2026
- The petit four of color-superconducting phases in proto-neutron star evolutionarXiv · Jul 2026
- Studying the QCD matter produced in heavy-ion collisions using the MUSES calculation enginearXiv · Jun 2026
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- Research My research, publications, talks and CV.
- Interactive projects Simulations and visualizations you can play with in the browser.
- Apps Games and tools I build for phones and the web.
- Research software Open-source code from my research.
- Blog Stories, side projects and things I have been thinking about.
- About me Background, interests and how to reach me.
Recent projects
The newest simulations, apps and posts. Hover a simulation for a live preview.
- Apps
Life & perceptionPurple at Fixation
Purple looks purple where you look and blue everywhere else: a colour illusion from vision research, with a reader vote.
- Perception
- Colour vision
Machine learningPhysics-Informed vs Raw Neural Network
Two classifiers learn projectile motion side by side: one is given the physics, one has to discover it.
- Neural networks
- Physics-informed ML
Physics simulationsThree-Body Problem
Figure-eight, butterfly and other periodic orbits of three gravitating bodies, integrated live, plus a free mode to throw your own.
- Celestial mechanics
- Chaos
- Numerical integration
Physics simulationsChaos in a Magnetic Pendulum
A pendulum over three magnets: sensitive dependence on initial conditions, Lyapunov exponents and basins of attraction.
- Chaos
- Lyapunov exponent
- RK4
Physics simulationsLight Curves of Binary Stars
Two stars on Keplerian orbits and the light curve a telescope would record, eclipses included.
- Astrophysics
- Kepler orbits
- Photometry