Katy Clough (Queen Mary University of London), Daniela Cors (University of Cambridge), Amelia Drew (IFPU/ICTP, Trieste)
In our current booming era of gravitational wave (GW) astronomy, numerical relativity (NR) is an essential tool that allows us to model gravitational phenomena in the strong-field regime. The evolution of fundamental scalar or vector fields in NR is a powerful way to investigate physics beyond our current model of the Universe: General Relativity plus the Standard Model. The primary aim of this workshop will be to catalyse scientific discussion on this topic between members of the numerical relativity community and members of IFPU, with the potential to generate new scientific ideas and projects of key importance to current and future GW experiments. Topics covered will include exotic compact objects, dark matter and topological defects, modified gravity, extreme spacetimes, neutron stars and inflation.