TY - JOUR
T1 - Backreaction in Numerical Relativity: Averaging on Newtonian gauge-like hypersurfaces in Einstein Toolkit cosmological simulations
AU - Oestreicher, Alexander
AU - Koksbang, Sofie Marie
PY - 2024/10/14
Y1 - 2024/10/14
N2 - We introduce a spatial averaging scheme and use it to study the evolution of spatial averages in large-scale simulations of cosmological structure formation performed with the Einstein Toolkit. The averages are performed on the spatial hypersurfaces of the simulation setup which, at least initially, represent the hypersurfaces of statistical homogeneity and isotropy. We find only negligible cosmic backreaction on these hypersurfaces even on very small scales, but find significant curvature fluctuations of up to 10% in ΩR for sub-volumes with radius ∼200 Mpc and even larger fluctuations in smaller sub-volumes. In addition, we quantify fluid flow in and out of these sub-volumes. We find this to be significant, up to a 5% change in the density between redshift z=1 and z=0 of a single sphere of radius ∼200 Mpc (and larger for smaller spheres). We suggest this may be important for studies basing averages on volumes co-moving with the simulation hypersurfaces.
AB - We introduce a spatial averaging scheme and use it to study the evolution of spatial averages in large-scale simulations of cosmological structure formation performed with the Einstein Toolkit. The averages are performed on the spatial hypersurfaces of the simulation setup which, at least initially, represent the hypersurfaces of statistical homogeneity and isotropy. We find only negligible cosmic backreaction on these hypersurfaces even on very small scales, but find significant curvature fluctuations of up to 10% in ΩR for sub-volumes with radius ∼200 Mpc and even larger fluctuations in smaller sub-volumes. In addition, we quantify fluid flow in and out of these sub-volumes. We find this to be significant, up to a 5% change in the density between redshift z=1 and z=0 of a single sphere of radius ∼200 Mpc (and larger for smaller spheres). We suggest this may be important for studies basing averages on volumes co-moving with the simulation hypersurfaces.
U2 - 10.33232/001c.124744
DO - 10.33232/001c.124744
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2565-6120
VL - 7
JO - The Open Journal of Astrophysics
JF - The Open Journal of Astrophysics
ER -