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We review the field of collisionless numerical simulations for the large-scale structure of the Universe. We start by providing the main set of equations solved by these simulations and their connection with General Relativity. We then…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-14 Raul E. Angulo , Oliver Hahn

We present a uniform (and unambiguous) procedure for scaling the matter fields in implementing the conformal method to parameterize and construct solutions of Einstein constraint equations with coupled matter sources. The approach is based…

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The dynamical evolution of collisionless particles in an expanding background is described. After discussing qualitatively the key features, the gravitational clustering of collisionless particles in an expanding universe is modelled using…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Padmanabhan

We present a method for computing the evolution of a spacetime containing a massive particle and a black hole. The essential idea is that the gravitational field is evolved using full numerical relativity, with the particle generating a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Nigel T. Bishop , Roberto Gomez , Sascha Husa , Luis Lehner , Jeffrey Winicour

We investigate spherically symmetric gravitational collapse of thick matter shell without radiation in the Einstein gravity with cosmological constant. The orbit of the infalling thick matter is determined by imposing an equation of state…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-10 Shuichi Yokoyama

In the mean field limit, isolated gravitational systems often evolve towards a steady state through a violent relaxation phase. One question is to understand the nature of this relaxation phase, in particular the role of radial…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-19 Anaelle Halle , Stephane Colombi , Sebastien Peirani

In this work we analyze the dynamics of collisionless self-gravitating systems described by the f(R)-gravity and Boltzmann equation in the weak field approximation, focusing on the Jeans instability for theses systems. The field equations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-15 Raíla André , Gilberto M. Kremer

An inhomogeneous (1+1)-dimensional model of the quantum gravity is considered. It is found, that this model corresponds to a string propagating against some curved background space. The quantization scheme including the Wheeler-DeWitt…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-28 S. L. Cherkas , V. L. Kalashnikov

We describe a technique for solving the combined collisionless Boltzmann and Poisson equations in a discretised, or lattice, phase space. The time and the positions and velocities of `particles' take on integer values, and the forces are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 D. Syer , S. Tremaine

The dynamical consequences of a bimetric scalar-tensor theory of gravity with a dynamical light speed are investigated in a cosmological setting. The model consists of a minimally-coupled self-gravitating scalar field coupled to ordinary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 M. A. Clayton , J. W. Moffat

A closed mathematical model of the statistical self-gravitating system of scalar charged particles for conformal invariant scalar interactions is constructed on the basis of relativistic kinetics and gravitation theory. Asymptotic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-08-13 Yurii Ignat'ev

A quantum-mechanical theory of gravitation is presented, where the motion of particles is based on the optics of de Broglie waves. Here the large-scale geometry of the universe is inherently flat, and its age is not constrained to < 13 Gyr.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kris Krogh

Mathematical modeling of gravitating configurations of physical fields is one of the priority directions of the modern theory of gravity. Most of the exact solutions constructed within the framework of the general relativity are static or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-12-03 Ju V Tchemarina , E G Alekseeva , A N Tsirulev , N K Nuraliev

The dynamics of collapsing and expanding cylindrically symmetric gravitational and matter fields with lightlike wave-fronts is studied in General Relativity, using the Barrabes-Israel method. As an application of the general formulae…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Paulo R. C. T. Pereira , A. Z. Wang

In the paper, gridless particle techniques are presented in order to solve problems involving electrostatic, collisionless plasmas. The method makes use of computational particles having the shape of spherical shells or of rings, and can be…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-01-24 E. Boella , G. Coppa , A. D Angola , B. Peiretti Paradisi

The Nordstr\"om-Vlasov system describes the evolution of self-gravitating collisionless matter in the framework of a relativistic scalar theory of gravitation. We prove global existence and uniqueness of classical solutions for the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Simone Calogero

We treat here general relativistically the issue of galaxy formation, which is a major problem in cosmology. While the current models use a top-hat collapse model, coupled with Newtonian virialization technique to balance the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-07-31 Dipanjan Dey , Prashant Kocherlakota , Pankaj S. Joshi

A Lagrangian depending on geometric variables (metric, affine connection, gauge group generators) is given which maintains compatibility with General Relativity. It generates the dynamics for Electromagnetism and other Gauge Fields along…

General Physics · Physics 2010-08-17 Juan Andres Musante

We consider a self-gravitating collisionless gas as described by the Vlasov-Poisson or Einstein-Vlasov system or a self-gravitating fluid ball as described by the Euler-Poisson or Einstein-Euler system. We give a simple proof for the finite…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-12-16 Tobias Ramming , Gerhard Rein

First, we describe the construction of a new type of gravity-matter models based on the formalism of non-Riemannian space-time volume forms - alternative generally covariant integration measure densities (volume elements) defined in terms…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-12-29 Eduardo Guendelman , Emil Nissimov , Svetlana Pacheva