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We study tidal interactions in white dwarf binaries in the limiting case of quasi-static tides. The formalism is valid for arbitrary orbital eccentricities and therefore applicable to white dwarf binaries in the Galactic disk as well as…

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Neutron star (NS) binaries can be potentially intriguing gravitational wave (GW) sources, with both high- and low-frequency radiations from the possibly aspherical individual stars and the binary orbit, respectively. The successful…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-23 Wen-Fan Feng , Jie-Wen Chen , Tan Liu , Yan Wang , Soumya D. Mohanty

We perform simulations of relativistic binary stars in post-Newtonian gravity to investigate their dynamical stability prior to merger against gravitational collapse in a tidal field. In general, our equations are only strictly accurate to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-12-30 M. Shibata , T. W. Baumgarte , S. L. Shapiro

Gravitational wave (GW) astronomy opens up an entirely new window on the Universe to probe the equations of state (EOS) of neutron-rich matter. With the advent of next generation GW detectors, measuring the gravitational radiation from…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-05-08 F. J. Fattoyev , W. G. Newton , Bao-An Li

Binary neutron stars (BNSs) detected in the Milky Way have the total masses distributing narrowly around $\sim2.6-2.7M_\odot$, while the BNS merger GW190425 detected via gravitational wave has a significantly larger mass ($\sim3.4M_\odot$).…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-14 Qingbo Chu , Youjun Lu , Shenghua Yu

Combining the GW observations of merging systems of binary neutron stars and quasi-universal relations, we set constraints on the maximum mass that can be attained by nonrotating stellar models of neutron stars. More specifically,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-06 Luciano Rezzolla , Elias R. Most , Lukas R. Weih

In this paper, we have reviewed the present status of the theory of equilibrium configurations of compact binary star systems in Newtonian gravity. Evolutionary processes of compact binary star systems due to gravitational wave emission can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Yoshiharu Eriguchi , Koji Uryu

We continue our study of the binary neutron star parameter space by investigating the effect of the spin orientation on the dynamics, gravitational wave emission, and mass ejection during the binary neutron star coalescence. We simulate…

In the future, the third generation (3G) gravitational wave (GW) detectors, exemplified by the Einstein Telescope (ET), will be operational. The detection rate of GW from binary neutron star (BNS) is expected to reach approximately $10^4$…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-25 Cunliang Ma , Xinyao Yu , Zhoujian Cao , Mingzhen Jia

Observations of gravitational waves (GWs) generated by binary black hole (BBH) mergers provide us with a powerful way to explore the strong and highly dynamical regime of gravity theories. The ringdown of BBH merger, consisting of a series…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-24 Zexin Hu , Daniela D. Doneva , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev , Lijing Shao

The detection of a secular post-merger gravitational wave (GW) signal in a binary neutron star (BNS) merger serves as strong evidence for the formation of a long-lived post-merger neutron star (NS), which can help constrain the maximum mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-17 Yikang Chen , Bin Liu , Shunke Ai , Lin Lan , He Gao , Yong Yuan , Zong-Hong Zhu

Recently exploratory studies were performed on the possibility of constraining the neutron star equation of state (EOS) using signals from coalescing binary neutron stars, or neutron star-black hole systems, as they will be seen in upcoming…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-08-05 Michalis Agathos , Jeroen Meidam , Walter Del Pozzo , Tjonnie G. F. Li , Marco Tompitak , John Veitch , Salvatore Vitale , Chris Van Den Broeck

We derive the scalar waveform generated by a binary of nonspinning compact objects (black holes or neutron stars) in a general class of scalar-tensor theories of gravity. The waveform is accurate to 1.5 post-Newtonian order [$O((v/c)^3)$]…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-12 Ryan N. Lang

Quasi-periodic X-ray brightness oscillations (QPOs) with frequencies around a kilohertz have now been discovered in more than a dozen neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binary systems using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. There is strong…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Coleman Miller , Frederick K. Lamb , Gregory B. Cook

Gravitational waves provide us with a new window into our Universe, and have already been used to place strong constrains on the existence of light scalar fields, which are a common feature in many alternative theories of gravity. However,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-28 Philippe Brax , Anne-Christine Davis , Scott Melville , Leong Khim Wong

Tidal effects have important imprints on gravitational waves (GWs) emitted during the final stage of the coalescence of binaries that involve neutron stars (NSs). Dynamical tides can be significant when NS oscillations become resonant with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-19 Sizheng Ma , Hang Yu , Yanbei Chen

Scalar-tensor theories are well studied extensions of general relativity that offer deviations which are yet within observational boundaries. We present the time evolution equations governing the perturbations of a nonrotating scalarized…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-06 Christian J. Krüger , Daniela D. Doneva

We compute the isotropic gravitational wave (GW) background produced by binary supermassive black holes (SBHs) in galactic nuclei. In our model, massive binaries evolve at early times via gravitational-slingshot interaction with nearby…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-04 Alexander Rasskazov , David Merritt

We study the effects of rotation on the quasi normal modes (QNMs) of a newly born proto neutron star (PNS) at different evolutionary stages, until it becomes a cold neutron star (NS). We use the Cowling approximation, neglecting spacetime…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 V. Ferrari , L. Gualtieri , J. A. Pons , A. Stavridis

The determination of the equation of state (EOS) of a neutron star (NS) and its maximum mass is very important for understanding the formation and properties of NSs under extreme conditions, but they remain open questions. Short-duration…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-25 Jun-Xiang Huang , Hou-Jun Lü , En-Wei Liang