About

I am a PhD researcher at the Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.

My research focuses on non-perturbative quantum field theory, lattice gauge theories, finite-temperature Quantum Chromodynamics, and large-scale numerical simulations on GPU-based computing systems.

I maintain public notes and documentation on lattice QCD, SIMULATeQCD, theoretical physics, numerical methods, and computational science.

Research Interests

• Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (Lattice QCD)
• Finite-Temperature Gauge Theories
• Spatial String Tension
• Wilson Loops and Smearing Techniques
• GPU Accelerated Scientific Computing
• Numerical Methods in Quantum Field Theory

Resources

The following resources contain public notes, documentation, research material, and educational content developed during my work in theoretical and computational physics.

• Lattice QCD Notes
  Introduction and advanced topics in lattice gauge theory and QCD.
• SIMULATeQCD Documentation
  Documentation and notes related to the SIMULATeQCD codebase.
• Lecture Notes
  Physics, mathematics, computation, and related topics.
• Blog
  Thoughts on science, research, philosophy, and learning.
• Master Wiki
  Comprehensive interconnected personal knowledge base.

Recent Work

• Research on finite-temperature lattice gauge theories and spatial string tension.
• Development and documentation of SIMULATeQCD workflows.
• Maintenance of public notes on lattice QCD, theoretical physics, and scientific computing.

Publications

• Spatial String Tension in (2+1)-Flavor QCD (Proceedings of Science, LATTICE 2025)

Contact

Institutional Email
vishalr@iisc.ac.in

Personal Email
vishal.rao.physics@gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae
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