Thomas Winyard
About me
I am currently a postdoctoral fellow based in the mathematical physics group at the university of Edinburgh. My research is focussed on topological solitons (see below) in physical systems, see my published papers [here]. I also organise the Edinburgh Maths and Physics Solitons working group which meets semi-regularly nad the bi-annual conference Geometric models of matter (GMoM), the next iteration of which will take place in 2026. If you have any questions about my research, teaching or the conferences I organsie don't hesitate to drop me an email.
Topological Solitons
Solitons are a beautiful class of object that appear at every scale of the physical world. We are all familiar with storm cyclones and the "eye of the storm" where the winds die. Similarly, water draining from our bath forms a vortex, twisting around a tube of the absence of water. Intuitively, even as children, we consider this absence of water as an object in its own right; physicists coin this absence a "soliton", a discrete particle imprinted in a continuous fluid. Read more about specific examples [here]
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