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Matching gravitational-wave observations of binary neutron stars with theoretical model predictions reveals important information about the sources, such as the masses and the distance to the stars. The latter can be used to determine the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-16 Nina Kunert , Jonathan Gair , Peter T. H. Pang , Tim Dietrich

We investigate possible traces of the nuclear symmetry energy slope ($L$) in the gravitational wave emission of neutron stars. For fixed stellar mass values, we examine how the slope influences the stellar radius, compactness, the tidal…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-11-02 Luiz L. Lopes , Victor B. T. Alves , César O. V. Flores , German Lugones

For the analysis of gravitational-wave signals, fast and accurate gravitational-waveform models are required. These enable us to obtain information on the system properties from compact binary mergers. In this article, we introduce the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-17 Adrian Abac , Tim Dietrich , Alessandra Buonanno , Jan Steinhoff , Maximiliano Ujevic

We briefly review the properties of quasi-normal modes of neutron stars and black holes. We analyse the consequences of a possible detection of such modes via the gravitational waves associated with them, especially addressing our study to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-24 G. F. Marranghello , J. C. N. de Araujo

Using the nuclear equation of states for a large variety of relativistic and non-relativistic force parameters, we calculate the static and rotating masses and radii of neutron stars. From these equation of states, we also evaluate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-23 Shailesh K. Singh , S. K. Biswal , M. Bhuyan , T. K. Jha , S. K. Patra

Rapidly rotating neutron stars are promising sources of continuous gravitational wave radiation for the LIGO and Virgo interferometers. The majority of neutron stars in our galaxy have not been identified with electromagnetic observations.…

A newly discovered instability in rotating neutron stars, driven by gravitational radiation reaction acting on the stars' $r$-modes, is shown here to set an upper limit on the spin rate of young neutron stars. We calculate the timescales…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Nils Andersson , Kostas Kokkotas , Bernard F. Schutz

We explore in detail the possibility that gravitational wave signals from binary inspirals are affected by a new force that couples only to dark matter particles. We discuss the impact of both the new force acting between the binary…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-12-10 Joachim Kopp , Ranjan Laha , Toby Opferkuch , William Shepherd

We study how the neutron-star equation of state affects the onset of the dynamical instability in the equations of motion for inspiraling neutron-star binaries near coalescence. A combination of relativistic effects and Newtonian tidal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Dong Lai , Alan G. Wiseman

Within the next decade gravitational-wave (GW) observations by Advanced LIGO in the United States, Advanced Virgo and GEO HF in Europe, and possibly other ground-based instruments will provide unprecedented opportunities to look directly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-17 Benjamin J. Owen

We present a theoretical background for the data analysis of the gravitational-wave signals from spinning neutron stars for Earth-based laser interferometric detectors. We introduce a detailed model of the signal including both the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-12-30 Piotr Jaranowski , Andrzej Królak , Bernard F. Schutz

Gravitational wave astronomy has established its role in measuring the equation of state governing cold supranuclear matter. To date and in the near future, gravitational wave measurements from neutron star binaries are likely to be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-09-04 Ka Wa Tsang , Tim Dietrich , Chris Van Den Broeck

We search for coincident gravitational wave signals from inspiralling neutron star binaries using LIGO and TAMA300 data taken during early 2003. Using a simple trigger exchange method, we perform an inter-collaboration coincidence search…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-27 LIGO Scientific Collaboration , TAMA Collaboration

Sun-like stellar oscillations are excited by turbulent convection and have been discovered in some 500 main sequence and sub-giant stars and in more than 12,000 red giant stars. When such stars are near gravitational wave sources, low-order…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-14 Ilídio Lopes , Joseph Silk

Nonaxisymmetric, meridional circulation inside a neutron star, excited by a glitch and persisting throughout the post-glitch relaxation phase, emits gravitational radiation. Here, it is shown that the current quadrupole contributes more…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 M. F. Bennett , C. A. van Eysden , A. Melatos

We discuss the response of neutron stars to the tidal interaction in a compact binary system, as encoded in the Love number associated with the induced deformation. This problem is of interest for gravitational-wave astronomy as there may…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-29 A. J. Penner , N. Andersson , L. Samuelsson , I. Hawke , D. I. Jones

The agreement of the nuclear equation of state (EoS) deduced from the GW170817 based tidal deformability with the one obtained from empirical data on microscopic nuclei is examined. It is found that suitably chosen experimental data on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-05-29 Tuhin Malik , B. K. Agrawal , J. N. De , S. K. Samaddar , C. Providência , C. Mondal , T. K. Jha

We examine the accuracy of estimation of parameters of the gravitational-wave signals from spinning neutron stars that can be achieved from observations by Earth-based laser interferometers. We consider a model of the signal consisting of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Piotr Jaranowski , Andrzej Królak

Neutron star interiors are a fantastic laboratory for high density physics in extreme environments. Probing this system with standard electromagnetic observations is, however, a challenging endeavour, as the radiation tends to be scattered…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-08 Brynmor Haskell , Kai Schwenzer

Finite size effects come into play during the late stages of neutron star binary inspiral, with the tidal deformability of the supranuclear density matter leaving an imprint on the gravitational-wave signal. As demonstrated in the case of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-08 N. Andersson , P. Pnigouras