Buch, Englisch, 197 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 341 g
Reihe: Springer Theses
Inhomogeneous Inflation and Asymmetric Bubble Collapse
Buch, Englisch, 197 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 341 g
Reihe: Springer Theses
ISBN: 978-3-030-06487-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
This book explores the use of numerical relativity (NR) methods to solve cosmological problems, and describes one of the first uses of NR to study inflationary physics. NR consists in the solution of Einstein’s Equation of general relativity, which governs the evolution of matter and energy on cosmological scales, and in systems where there are strong gravitational effects, such as around black holes. To date, NR has mainly been used for simulating binary black hole and neutron star mergers like those detected recently by LIGO. Its use as a tool in fundamental problems of gravity and cosmology is novel, but rapidly gaining interest.
In this thesis, the author investigates the initial condition problem in early universe cosmology – whether an inflationary expansion period could have “got going” from initially inhomogeneous conditions – and identifies criteria for predicting the robustness of particular models. State-of-the-art numerical relativity tools are developed in order to address this question, which are now publicly available.
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Part I: Background Material.- Introduction.- Technical Background.- Part II: Code Development Work.- GRChombo - Code Development and Testing.- Part III: Research Work.- Inhomogeneous Inflation.- Critical Bubble Collapse.- Conclusions and Further Work.