New Horizons for Psi: Studying fundamental fields with numerical relativity
Abstract
This set of notes was designed to accompany two hours of lectures and practical exercises at the New Horizons for Psi workshop in Lisbon in July 2024 entitled "Studying fundamental fields with numerical relativity". Numerical relativity is a tool used to help understand the behaviours of metric and matter fields in dynamical, strong gravity situations. It has been used to study a range of situations involving fundamental fields, including superradiance, modified gravity, dynamical friction, dark matter accretion and early universe cosmology. The purpose of this course is to provide some background and hands-on experience in numerical relativity that will help students to better understand the possibilities provided by this tool, as well as its limitations.
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@article{arxiv.2408.07617,
title = {New Horizons for Psi: Studying fundamental fields with numerical relativity},
author = {Katy Clough},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.07617},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
Comments welcome. 20 pages, 5 figures. See https://github.com/GRTLCollaboration/engrenage/wiki/New-Horizons-for-Psi-workshop for supporting material