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Mergers of binary neutron stars (BNSs) emit signals in both the gravitational-wave (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) spectra. Famously, the 2017 multi-messenger observation of GW170817 led to scientific discoveries across cosmology, nuclear…

Next-generation gravitational wave (GW) observatories, such as the Einstein Telescope (ET) and Cosmic Explorer, will observe binary neutron star (BNS) mergers across cosmic history, providing precise parameter estimates for the closest…

Gravitational-wave signals from coalescing binary neutron stars can yield important information about the properties of nuclear-matter equation of state from the early part of the signal through tidal effects to the properties and…

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The detection of electromagnetic radiation (EM) accompanying the gravitational wave (GW) signal from the binary neutron star (BNS) merger GW170817 has revealed that these systems constitute at least a fraction of the progenitors of short…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-30 Rosalba Perna , M. Celeste Artale , Yi-Han Wang , Michela Mapelli , Davide Lazzati , Cecilia Sgalletta , Filippo Santoliquido

Gravitational waves (GWs) from binary neutron star (BNS) merger remnants complement constraints from the inspiral phase, mass-radius measurements, and microscopic theory by providing information about the neutron-star equation of state…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-24 Christian Ecker , Tyler Gorda , Aleksi Kurkela , Luciano Rezzolla

Combined gravitational-wave (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) observations of compact binary mergers should enable detailed studies of astrophysical processes in the strong-field gravity regime. Networks of GW interferometers have poor angular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Samaya Nissanke , Mansi Kasliwal , Alexandra Georgieva

The first detection of gravitational waves from a neutron star-neutron star merger, GW170817, has opened up a new avenue for constraining the ultradense-matter equation of state (EOS). The deviation of the observed waveform from a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-26 Carolyn A. Raithel

The rich phenomenology of binary neutron star mergers offers a unique opportunity to test general relativity, investigate matter at supranuclear densities, and learn more about the origin of heavy elements. As multi-messenger sources, they…

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

Mergers of binary neutron stars and black hole-neutron star binaries are one of the most promising sources for the ground-based gravitational-wave (GW) detectors and also a high-energy astrophysical phenomenon as illustrated by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-08 Masaru Shibata , Kenta Hotokezaka

Early detection and localization of gravitational waves (GWs) are essential for identifying electromagnetic (EM) counterparts, playing a key role in multi-messenger astronomy. However, second-generation (2G) ground-based detectors are most…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-01 Tao Yang , Rong-Gen Cai , Zhoujian Cao , Hyung Mok Lee

The gravitational wave and electromagnetic signatures connected to the merger of two neutron stars allow us to test the nature of matter at supranuclear densities. Since the Equation of State governing the interior of neutron stars is only…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-08-09 Henrique Gieg , Tim Dietrich , Maximiliano Ujevic

We study the imprint of magnetic fields on gravitational waves emitted during the inspiral phase of eccentric binary neutron star systems. While observations indicate that neutron stars typically exhibit strong magnetic fields in the range…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-18 R. Prasad , Anushka Doke , Prayush Kumar

Gravitational Wave (GW) signals from Binary Neutron Star (BNS) mergers provide critical insights into the properties of matter under extreme conditions. Due to the scarcity of observational data, Numerical Relativity (NR) simulations are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-30 Maria C. Babiuc Hamilton , William A. Messman

Binary neutron-star (BNS) mergers are accompanied by multi-messenger emissions, including gravitational wave (GW), neutrino, and electromagnetic signals. Some fraction of BNS mergers may result in a rapidly spinning magnetar as a remnant,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-22 Mainak Mukhopadhyay , Shigeo S. Kimura , Brian D. Metzger

The first direct observation of a binary neutron star (BNS) merger was a watershed moment in multi-messenger astronomy. However, gravitational waves from GW170817 have only been observed prior to the BNS merger, but electromagnetic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-07 Jahed Abedi , Niayesh Afshordi

Numerical simulations for the merger of binary neutron stars are performed in full general relativity incorporating a finite-temperature (Shen's) equation of state (EOS) and neutrino cooling for the first time. It is found that for this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-22 Yuichiro Sekiguchi , Kenta Kiuchi , Koutarou Kyutoku , Masaru Shibata

This work is the first in a series of studies aimed at understanding the dynamics of highly eccentric binary neutron stars, and constructing an appropriate gravitational-waveform model for detection. Such binaries are possible sources for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-08 Huan Yang , William E. East , Vasileios Paschalidis , Frans Pretorius , Raissa F. P. Mendes

We demonstrate that the properties of eccentric gravitational wave (GW) signals enhance the detectability of GW phase shifts caused by environmental effects (EEs): The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of EEs can be boosted by up to $\ell_{\rm…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-07 Lorenz Zwick , Kai Hendriks , Pankaj Saini , János Takátsy , Connar Rowan , Johan Samsing , Jakob Stegmann

The gravitational wave signal produced by the merger of two compact objects includes both an oscillatory transient and a non-oscillatory part, the so-called memory effect. This produces a permanent displacement of test masses and has not…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-04 Jamie Bamber , Antonios Tsokaros , Milton Ruiz , Stuart L. Shapiro , Marc Favata , Matthew Karlson , Fabrizio Venturi Piñas