Scalar Fields in Numerical General Relativity Inhomogeneous Inflation and Asymmetric Bubble Collapse /

• Main Author: Clough, Katy (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Cosmology.; Gravitation.; Physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.