As neutron stars merge they can approach very high nuclear density. Here, we summarized recent results for the evolution and gravitational wave emission from binary neutron star mergers using a a variety of nuclear equations of state with and without a crossover transition to quark matter. We discuss how the late time gravitational wave emission from binary neutron star mergers may possibly reveal the existence of a crossover transition to quark matter.
@article{arxiv.2302.12897,
title = {Neutron Star Mergers and the Quark Matter Equation of State},
author = {Grant J. Mathews and Atul Kedia and Hee Il Kim and In-Saeng Suh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.12897},
year = {2023}
}
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Proceedings of the XVth Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum, Stvanger, Norway, August 1-6, 2022