%0 Generic %1 angulo2021largescale %A Angulo, Raul E. %A Hahn, Oliver %D 2021 %K library %T Large-scale dark matter simulations %U http://arxiv.org/abs/2112.05165 %X We review the field of collisionless numerical simulations for the large-scale structure of the Universe. We start by providing the main set of equations solved by these simulations and their connection with General Relativity. We then recap the relevant numerical approaches: discretization of the phase-space distribution (focusing on N-body but including alternatives, e.g., Lagrangian submanifold and Schrödinger-Poisson) and the respective techniques for their time evolution and force calculation (Direct summation, mesh techniques, and hierarchical tree methods). We pay attention to the creation of initial conditions and the connection with Lagrangian Perturbation Theory. We then discuss the possible alternatives in terms of the micro-physical properties of dark matter (e.g., neutralinos, warm dark matter, QCD axions, Bose-Einstein condensates, and primordial black holes), and extensions to account for multiple fluids (baryons and neutrinos), primordial non-Gaussianity and modified gravity. We continue by discussing challenges involved in achieving highly accurate predictions. A key aspect of cosmological simulations is the connection to cosmological observables, we discuss various techniques in this regard: structure finding, galaxy formation and baryonic modelling, the creation of emulators and light-cones, and the role of machine learning. We finalise with a recount of state-of-the-art large-scale simulations and conclude with an outlook for the next decade.

@misc{angulo2021largescale, abstract = {We review the field of collisionless numerical simulations for the large-scale structure of the Universe. We start by providing the main set of equations solved by these simulations and their connection with General Relativity. We then recap the relevant numerical approaches: discretization of the phase-space distribution (focusing on N-body but including alternatives, e.g., Lagrangian submanifold and Schr\"odinger-Poisson) and the respective techniques for their time evolution and force calculation (Direct summation, mesh techniques, and hierarchical tree methods). We pay attention to the creation of initial conditions and the connection with Lagrangian Perturbation Theory. We then discuss the possible alternatives in terms of the micro-physical properties of dark matter (e.g., neutralinos, warm dark matter, QCD axions, Bose-Einstein condensates, and primordial black holes), and extensions to account for multiple fluids (baryons and neutrinos), primordial non-Gaussianity and modified gravity. We continue by discussing challenges involved in achieving highly accurate predictions. A key aspect of cosmological simulations is the connection to cosmological observables, we discuss various techniques in this regard: structure finding, galaxy formation and baryonic modelling, the creation of emulators and light-cones, and the role of machine learning. We finalise with a recount of state-of-the-art large-scale simulations and conclude with an outlook for the next decade.}, added-at = {2021-12-13T10:53:44.000+0100}, author = {Angulo, Raul E. and Hahn, Oliver}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b67a9694c7a0be3916d859efc57aa80b/gpkulkarni}, description = {Large-scale dark matter simulations}, interhash = {5b6728b08fd874daec895919c437272f}, intrahash = {b67a9694c7a0be3916d859efc57aa80b}, keywords = {library}, note = {cite arxiv:2112.05165Comment: 171 pages, 30 figures, 1018 references. Review article (in press) for 'Living Reviews in Computational Astrophysics'. The article will be updated regularly, thus, comments and suggestions will be very welcome}, timestamp = {2021-12-13T10:53:44.000+0100}, title = {Large-scale dark matter simulations}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2112.05165}, year = 2021 }