Research
I am a theoretical physicist
with a background in quantum gravity, relativistic astrophysics,
applied mathematics and computer science. My current research
focus is on exotic computing approaches, such as
analog computing, quantum computing or
neuromorphic architectures.
Analog and Novel Computing
Analog computing is a rediscovered branch of science which was beaten
by digital (i.e. algorithmic/numeric) computing in the 1980s. In the dawn
of Moore's law, this branch of classical computing percieves a revival.
Based on the experience of programmable hardware (FPGAs), it is tangible
to build large analog circuits to solve differential equations in a
time- and energy-efficient way beyond digital computing. I am part of
a German-based team which tries to develop a prototypical analog computer
on a chip within the next few years.
There is a rich scientific landscape waiting to be discovered all around
this exotic branch of computer science and intersection between electrical
engineering, computational science and applied mathematics.
Many concepts of numerical mathematics can be transfered and connections to
other contemporary attempts to computing, namely quantum computing and
artificial intelligence, are all along the way. It is an exciting time
where analog circuits can make a radical difference in the computational
accessibility of the largest problems in the world.
Here are a few recent publications in the context of analog computing:
- Hybrid integrators with predictive overload estimation for analog computers and continuous-time ΔΣ modulators
(Dec 2023)
by
Dirk Killat, Bernd Ulmann, Sven Köppel
[doi:10.5194/ars-21-89-2023]
- Solving Partial Differential Equations with Monte Carlo / Random Walk on an Analog-Digital Hybrid Computer
(Sep 2023)
by
Dirk Killat, Sven Köppel, Bernd Ulmann, Lucas Wetzel
[arxiv:2309.05598]
- Open Hardware Analog Computer for Education — Design and Application
(Sep 2021), IEEE Proceeding
by
Bernd Ulmann, Sven Köppel, Dirk Killat
[doi:10.23919/IEEECONF54431.2021.9598447]
- Analog Computing for Molecular Dynamics
(Jul 2021)
by
Sven Köppel, Alexandra Krause, Bernd Ulmann
[arxiv:2107.06283]
- About using analog computers in today's largest computational challenges
(Feb 2021), published in a Special Issue of the open-access journal "Advances in Radio Science"
by
Sven Köppel, Bernd Ulmann, Lars Heimann, Dirk Killat
[arxiv:2102.07268] [doi:10.5194/ars-19-105-2021]
Gravity and Quantum Physics
As a theoretical physicist in particle physics, my research interest is on the smallest scales.
This is why I started my studies on understanding quarks (and their dynamics, described by a
Quantum Field Theory called Quantum Chromodynamics) and later switched to quantum black holes,
which are many orders of magnitude smaller. In this exotic field of high energy physics, I wrote
a master thesis about
Ultraviolet
improved black holes. Fascinated by Einstein Field Theory, I switched my focus on numerical
relativity and gravitational waves. In 2019 I graduated with a PhD Thesis on
high-order methods in fully
general-relativistic hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics. This project was carried out at
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt within a Horizon2020
collaboration with the Universities of Trento and
Durham. Within this project, called
ExaHyPE, I studied numerical methods for solving
hyperbolic partial differential equations on future exascale architectures.
- High-order methods in fully general-relativistic hydrodynamics & magnetohydrodynamics
(Jun 2019)
by
Sven Köppel
[urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-507282]
- ExaHyPE: An Engine for Parallel Dynamically Adaptive Simulations of Wave Problems
(May 2020)
by
Reinarz, Charrier, Bader, Bovard, Duru, Fambri, Gabriel, Gallard, Köppel, Krenz, Rannabauer, Rezzolla, Samfass, Tavelli, Weinzerl
[arxiv:1905.07987] [doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2020.107251]
- A General-relativistic Determination of the Threshold Mass to Prompt Collapse in Binary Neutron Star Mergers
(Feb 2019)
by
Sven Köppel, Luke Bovard, Luciano Rezzolla
[Inspire-HEP] [arxiv:1901.09977] [doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ab0210]
- ADER discontinuous Galerkin schemes for the general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics equations
(Dec 2017)
by
Francesco Fambri, Michael Dumbser, Sven Köppel, Luciano Rezzolla, Olindo Zanotti
[arxiv:1801.02839] [doi:10.1093/mnras/sty734]
- A strongly hyperbolic first-order CCZ4 formulation of the Einstein equations and its solution with discontinuous Galerkin schemes
(Jul 2017)
by
Michael Dumbser, Federico Guercilena, Sven Köppel, Luciano Rezzolla, Olindo Zanotti
[Inspire-HEP] [arxiv:1707.09910] [doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.084053]
- Generalized Uncertainty Principle and Black Holes in Higher Dimensional Self-Complete Gravity
(Aug 2019)
by
Sven Köppel, Marco Knipfer, Jonas Mureika, Piero Nicolini
[Inspire-HEP] [arxiv:1905.03233] [doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2019/08/008]
- Generalized uncertainty principle and extra dimensions
(Mar 2017)
by
Sven Köppel, Marco Knipfer, Maximilano Isi, Jonas Mureika, Piero Nicolini
[Inspire-HEP] [arxiv:1703.05222] [doi:10.1007/978-3-319-94256-8_16]
- Geometric model of black hole quantum N-portrait, extradimensions and thermodynamics
(Apr 2016)
by
Antonia M. Frassino, Sven Köppel, Piero Nicolini
[Inspire-HEP] [arxiv:1604.03263] [doi:10.3390/e18050181]
- Ultraviolet improved black holes
(Dec 2014)
by
Sven Köppel
[urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-470198]
See also
I also carried out physics education research between 2009
and 2019.
For publication listings, see also
Inspire-HEP,
NASA-ADS,
DBLP or
ArXiV.
I have a ResearchGate profile
and my ORCID is 0000-0003-2303-7765.
The mathematics genealogy project has an entry about me,
als DNB has one.
In the past, I wrote a couple of
outreach press/blog posts.