Inhomogeneous Cosmology using General Relativistic Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics coupled to Numerical Relativity
Abstract
We perform three-dimensional simulations of homogeneous and inhomogeneous cosmologies via the coupling of a numerical relativity code for spacetime evolution and smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) code. Evolution of a flat dust and radiation dominated Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Roberston-Walker (FLRW) spacetime shows an agreement of exact solutions with residuals on the order and respectively, even at low grid resolutions. We demonstrate evolution of linear perturbations of density, velocity and metric quantities to the FLRW with residuals of only compared to exact solutions. Finally, we demonstrate the evolution of non-linear perturbations of the metric past shell-crossing, such that dark matter halo formation is possible. We show that numerical relativistic smoothed particle hydrodynamics is a viable method for understanding non-linear effects in cosmology.
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@article{arxiv.2307.15194,
title = {Inhomogeneous Cosmology using General Relativistic Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics coupled to Numerical Relativity},
author = {Spencer J. Magnall and Daniel J. Price and Paul D. Lasky and Hayley J. Macpherson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.15194},
year = {2023}
}
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15 pages, 12 figures, submitted to PRD