Exploring New Physics Frontiers Through Numerical Relativity

• Main Authors: Vitor Cardoso, Leonardo Gualtieri, Carlos A. R. Herdeiro, Ulrich Sperhake
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2015-09-01
• Series: Living Reviews in Relativity
• Subjects: Trans-Planckian scattering; Extra dimensions; Extensions of the standard model; Black holes; Numerical methods; Alternative theories of gravity; Gravitation
• Online Access: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2015-1

The demand to obtain answers to highly complex problems within strong-field gravity has been met with significant progress in the numerical solution of Einstein’s equations – along with some spectacular results – in various setups. We review techniques for solving Einstein’s equations in generic spacetimes, focusing on fully nonlinear evolutions but also on how to benchmark those results with perturbative approaches. The results address problems in high-energy physics, holography, mathematical physics, fundamental physics, astrophysics and cosmology.