Inhomogeneous inflation: Numerical evolution

Hannu Kurki-Suonio, Pablo Laguna, and Richard A. Matzner
Phys. Rev. D 48, 3611 – Published 15 October 1993
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Abstract

We describe our three-dimensional numerical relativity code for the evolution of inhomogeneous cosmologies. During the evolution, the constraint equations are monitored but not solved. The code has been tested against perturbation theory with good results. We present some runs of inhomogeneous inflation with strongly inhomogeneous initial data.

  • Received 24 May 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.48.3611

©1993 American Physical Society

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Hannu Kurki-Suonio

  • Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland and University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550

Pablo Laguna

  • Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Richard A. Matzner

  • Center for Relativity, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712

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Vol. 48, Iss. 8 — 15 October 1993

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