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Exploring universality in neutron star mergers

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-09-02 v1

Abstract

We explore the correlation between the pre-merger tidal deformability and the post-merger remnant oscillations seen in numerical simulation of neutron star binaries, with the aim of understanding to what extent the physics support the existence of such a relation. We consider the impact of thermal and rotational effects and argue that the proposed relation does, indeed, make sense and provide simple arguments that help explain the result.

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@article{arxiv.1906.04546,
  title  = {Exploring universality in neutron star mergers},
  author = {K. Chakravarti and N. Andersson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.04546},
  year   = {2020}
}

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6 pages, 5 figures, MNRAS style

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