Browsing Theses by Supervisor "Turok, Neil"
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Frontiers of Gravity: Astrophysical Environments, Ringdown Nonlinearities and the Semiclassical Approximation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-22)Einstein’s general relativity is based on a tensorial, nonlinear equation for the spacetime metric. The gravitational interaction is however so weak that, in most circumstances, the equations can be solved perturbatively. ... -
Loop Optimization of Tensor Network Renormalization: Algorithms and Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-22)Loop optimization for tensor network renormalization (loop-TNR) is a real-space renormalization group algorithm suitable for studying 1+1D critical systems. While the original proposal by Yang et al. focused on classical ... -
Path Integrals in the Sky: Classical and Quantum Problems with Minimal Assumptions
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-24)Cosmology has, after the formulation of general relativity, been transformed from a branch of philosophy into an active field in physics. Notwithstanding the significant improvements in our understanding of our Universe, ...