Speaker
David Garrison
(University of Houston Clear Lake)
Description
We are now able to simulate much of the early universe from the time of the Electro-Weak Phase Transition through the end of primordial nucleosynthesis. This simulation is performed using a General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic code based on the Cactus framework. It solves both the relativistic magnetohydrodynamic equations and Einstein’s equations of General Relativity. As a result, it can simulate: magnetogenesis, primordial gravitational waves, turbulence, primordial perturbations and the role of dark matter in the early universe. Future work will involve extrapolating this work to the present epoch.
Primary author
David Garrison
(University of Houston Clear Lake)
Co-author
Mr
Joshua Barrera
(University of Houston Clear Lake)
