24–28 Aug 2026
Leiden University
Europe/Zurich timezone

PANDA: A TreePM N-body code to simulate Horndeski models with a phenomenological screening.

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20m
Gorlaeus gebouw (Leiden University)

Gorlaeus gebouw

Leiden University

Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden
Talk Dark Energy / Modified Gravity

Speaker

Edoardo Martinelli (University of Bologna)

Description

In this talk, I will present the current status and first results of PANDA. PANDA is a modified version of the TreePM N-body solver Gadget-4, extended to include Modified Gravity within the Effective Field Theory framework, enabling simulations across the broad class of Horndeski theories. In particular, PANDA implements a mapping of general Horndeski models through a set of parameters modifying the standard particle dynamics, both in real and Fourier spaces, according to the linearised approach of EFTofDE. Additionally, to ensure consistency with the full non-linear theories, and reproduce the correct dynamics at small scales, PANDA implements a phenomenological screening mechanism, exploring both environment- and scale-dependent approaches. I will present the general structure of the code, its current limitations, and its potential applications to large-scale cosmological simulations of structure formation.

Other topic / keywords: N-body simulations of the Large Scale Structures

Author

Edoardo Martinelli (University of Bologna)

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