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A remarkable series of breakthroughs in numerical relativity modeling of black hole binary mergers has occurred over the past few years. This paper provides a general overview of these exciting developments, focusing on recent progress in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Joan M. Centrella

We report on numerical results from a revised hydrodynamic simulation of binary neutron-star orbits near merger. We find that the correction recently identified by Flanagan significantly reduces but does not eliminate the neutron-star…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 G. J. Mathews , J. R. Wilson

Massive stars are usually found in binaries, and binaries with periods less than 10 days may have a preference for near equal component masses. In this paper we investigate the evolution of these binaries all the way to contact and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-08 Jason A. Hwang , James C. Lombardi , Frederic A. Rasio , Vassiliki Kalogera

Binary neutron star mergers provide a laboratory for probing fundamental physics through their gravitational-wave emission and electromagnetic counterparts. In particular, they may allow us to explore signatures of physics beyond the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-17 Rohan Srikanth , Tim Dietrich , Katy Clough

The emergence of novel differential rotation laws that can reproduce the rotational profile of binary neutron star merger remnants has opened the way for the construction of equilibrium models with properties that resemble those of remnants…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-28 Panagiotis Iosif , Nikolaos Stergioulas

Massive (hypermassive and supramassive) neutron stars are likely to be often formed after the merger of binary neutron stars. We explore the evolution process of the remnant massive neutron stars and gravitational waves emitted by them,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Kenta Hotokezaka , Kenta Kiuchi , Koutarou Kyutoku , Takayuki Muranushi , Yu-ichiro Sekiguchi , Masaru Shibata , Keisuke Taniguchi

Spin can have significant effects on the electromagnetic transients accompanying binary neutron star mergers. The measurement of spin can provide important information about binary formation channels. In the absence of a strong neutron star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-18 William E. East , Vasileios Paschalidis , Frans Pretorius , Antonios Tsokaros

We demonstrate Bayesian analyses of the complete gravitational-wave spectrum of binary neutron star mergers events with the next-generation detector Einstein Telescope. Our mock analyses are performed for 20 different signals using the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-12 Giulia Huez , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Matteo Breschi , Rossella Gamba

Fragmentation and fission of giant molecular clouds occasionally results in a pair of gravitationally bound star clusters that orbit their mutual centre of mass for some time, under the influence of internal and external perturbations. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 R. Priyatikanto , M. B. N. Kouwenhoven , M. I. Arifyanto , H. R. T. Wulandari , S. Siregar

With the increasing sensitivity of gravitational-wave detectors, we expect to observe multiple binary neutron-star systems through gravitational waves in the near future. The combined analysis of these gravitational-wave signals offers the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-11 Nina Kunert , Peter T. H. Pang , Ingo Tews , Michael W. Coughlin , Tim Dietrich

We analyze the stability of relativistic, quasi-equilibrium binary neutron stars in synchronous circular orbit. We explore stability against radial collapse to black holes prior to merger, and against orbital plunge. We apply theorems based…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 T. W. Baumgarte , G. B. Cook , M. A. Scheel , S. L. Shapiro , S. A. Teukolsky

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…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-02 K. Chakravarti , N. Andersson

We discuss the formation and evolution of binaries which contain neutron stars or black holes. It is shown that in a stellar system which for $10^{10}$ yr had star formation rate similar to the current one in the Galactic disc, the rate of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lev Yungelson , Simon F. Portegies Zwart

Gravitational-wave detections are enabling measurements of the rate of coalescences of binaries composed of two compact objects -- neutron stars and/or black holes. The coalescence rate of binaries containing neutron stars is further…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-29 Ilya Mandel , Floor S. Broekgaarden

We study the properties of remnants formed in prompt-collapse binary neutron star mergers. We consider non-spinning binaries over a range of total masses and mass ratios across a set of 22 equations of state, totaling 107 numerical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-28 Arnab Dhani , Alessandro Camilletti , David Radice , Rahul Kashyap , Bangalore Sathyaprakash , Domenico Logoteta , Albino Perego

Coalescing compact binaries are thought to be involved in a wide variety of astrophysical phenomena. In particular, they are important sources of gravitational radiation for both ground-based and space-based laser-interferometer detectors,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. A. Rasio

By means of HARM\_COOL\_EOS, which is our code for conservative relativistic magnetohydrodynamics, we developed a new scheme for the simulation of a system formed after compact binary merger. Our code works with a tabulated equation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-18 Agnieszka Janiuk , Gerardo Urrutia

The gravitational waves produced by binary neutron star mergers offer a unique window into matter behavior under extreme conditions. In this context, we model analytically the effect of matter on the gravitational waves from binary neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-06 Alexander O'Dell , Maria C. Babiuc Hamilton

We perform new longterm (15-16 orbits) simulations of coalescing binary neutron stars in numerical relativity using an updated Einstein's equation solver, employing low-eccentricity initial data, and modeling the neutron stars by a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-01 Kenta Hotokezaka , Koutarou Kyutoku , Hirotada Okawa , Masaru Shibata

We present the first fully non-linear evolutions of binary neutron star mergers in a moving-punctures approach in Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. We study both linear and quadratic-type couplings between the scalar and the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-12 Llibert Aresté Saló , Ricard Aguilera-Miret , Miguel Bezares , Thomas P. Sotiriou