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We perform long-term general relativistic neutrino radiation hydrodynamics simulations (in axisymmetry) for a massive neutron star (MNS) surrounded by a torus, which is a canonical remnant formed after the binary neutron star merger. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-27 Sho Fujibayashi , Kenta Kiuchi , Nobuya Nishimura , Yuichiro Sekiguchi , Masaru Shibata

We study the merger of binary neutron stars with different mass ratios adopting three different realistic, microphysical nuclear equations of state, as well as incorporating neutrino cooling effects. In particular, we concentrate on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-09-21 Luis Lehner , Steven L. Liebling , Carlos Palenzuela , O. L. Caballero , Evan O'Connor , Matthew Anderson , David Neilsen

Merger of a white dwarf binary creates a differentially rotating object which is expected to generate strong magnetic fields. Kinetic energy stored in differential rotation is partially dissipated in the magnetically dominated corona, which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Andrei M. Beloborodov

We study the broadband radiation behavior of a kilonova ejecta-pulsar wind nebula (PWN) system. In this model, we jointly fit the observations of AT 2017gfo in UV-optical-IR bands and the late-time X-ray afterglow of GRB 170817A. Our work…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-06 Jia Ren , Zi-Gao Dai

Massive Wolf-Rayet stars in a compact binary systems are characterised by very strong winds which collide creating a shock wave. If the wind nuclei accelerated at the shock can reach large enough energies, they suffer disintegration in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 W. Bednarek

Over the last four decades, persistent and flaring emission of magnetars observed by various telescopes has provided us with a suite of light curves and spectra in soft and hard X-rays, with no emission yet detected above around 1 MeV.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-17 Kun Hu , Matthew G. Baring , Zorawar Wadiasingh , Alice K. Harding

A few seconds after bounce in a core-collapse supernova, the shock wave passes the density region corresponding to resonant neutrino oscillations with the ``atmospheric'' neutrino mass difference. The transient violation of the adiabaticity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Tomas , M. Kachelriess , G. Raffelt , A. Dighe , H. -T. Janka , L. Scheck

The stages that follow the merging of two neutron stars are discussed. It is shown that if a rapidly rotating gravitationally bound object is formed after the merging (a spinar or a massive neutron star), then the characteristic time of its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 G. V. Lipunova , V. M. Lipunov

The cosmic origin of the elements heavier than iron has long been uncertain. Theoretical modelling shows that the matter that is expelled in the violent merger of two neutron stars can assemble into heavy elements such as gold and platinum…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-17 Daniel Kasen , Brian Metzger , Jennifer Barnes , Eliot Quataert , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

The light curves of some luminous supernovae are suspected to be powered by the spindown energy of a rapidly rotating magnetar. Here we describe a possible signature of the central engine: a burst of shock breakout emission occurring…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-20 Daniel Kasen , Brian D. Metzger , Lars Bildsten

Gamma-ray bursts early afterglows are important tracers for determining the radial structure and magnetization of the ejecta. In this paper, we focus on GRB 110213A that shows double-peaked optical afterglow lightcurves and the shallow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-04 Yo Kusafuka , Kaori Obayashi , Katsuaki Asano , Ryo Yamazaki

Multi-messenger observations of binary neutron star mergers provide a unique opportunity to constrain the dense-matter equation of state. Although it is known from quantum chromodynamics that hadronic matter will undergo a phase transition…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-01 Maximiliano Ujevic , Henrique Gieg , Federico Schianchi , Swami Vivekanandji Chaurasia , Ingo Tews , Tim Dietrich

The equilibrium composition of neutron star matter is achieved through weak interactions (direct and inverse beta decays), which proceed on relatively long time scales. If the density of a matter element is perturbed, it will relax to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Andreas Reisenegger , Rodrigo Fernandez , Paula Jofre

We performed general relativistic, long-term, axisymmetric neutrino radiation hydrodynamics simulations for the remnant formed after the binary neutron star merger, which consist of a massive neutron star and a torus surrounding it. As an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-25 Sho Fujibayashi , Yuichiro Sekiguchi , Kenta Kiuchi , Masaru Shibata

Millisecond spinning, low magnetic field neutron stars are believed to attain their fast rotation in a 0.1-1 Gyr-long phase during which they accrete matter endowed with angular momentum from a low-mass companion star. Despite extensive…

We study the dynamical evolution of a phase-transition-induced collapse neutron star to a hybrid star, which consists of a mixture of hadronic matter and strange quark matter. The collapse is triggered by a sudden change of equation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 K. S. Cheng , T. Harko , Y. F. Huang , L. M. Lin , W. M. Suen , X. L. Tian

Neutron star mergers have recently become a tool to study extreme gravity, nucleosynthesis, and the chemical composition of the Universe. To date, there has been one joint gravitational and electromagnetic observation of a binary neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Amelia Henkel , Francois Foucart , Geert Raaijmakers , Samaya Nissanke

We consider the possible existence of a common channel of evolution of binary systems, which results in a gamma-ray burst during the formation of a black hole or the birth of a magnetar during the formation of a neutron star. We assume that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-11-02 A. I. Bogomazov , S. B. Popov

Following the coalescence of binary neutron stars, debris from the merger which remains marginally bound to the central compact remnant will fallback at late times, feeding a sustained accretion flow. Unbound winds or a wide-angle jet from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-29 Valentin Decoene , Claire Guépin , Ke Fang , Kumiko Kotera , Brian David Metzger