Peter Diener

Peter Diener is a Research Professor at Louisiana State University's Department of Physics & Astronomy within the College of Science. His primary research focuses on computational astrophysics and numerical relativity, with specialized interests in general relativity, black hole physics, gravitational waves, and neutron star mergers. He contributes significantly to the development and application of the Einstein Toolkit, an open-source software framework for relativistic simulations.

Diener's investigations center on modeling extreme astrophysical phenomena using advanced computational methods. His work on neutron star mergers examines ejecta dynamics, kilonovae emissions, and gravitational wave signatures. Through particle-based numerical approaches like SPHINCS_BSSN, he explores black hole dynamics, dynamical spacetimes, and relativistic hydrodynamics.