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The merger of binary neutron stars (NSs) is among the most promising gravitational wave (GW) sources. Next-generation GW detectors are expected to detect signals from the NS merger within 200 Mpc. Detection of electromagnetic wave (EM)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Masaomi Tanaka , Kenta Hotokezaka

Three-dimensional simulations for the merger of binary neutron stars (BNSs) are performed in the framework of full general relativity. We pay particular attention to the black hole (BH) formation case and to the resulting mass of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Masaru Shibata , Keisuke Taniguchi

Numerical simulations for the merger of binary neutron stars are performed in full general relativity incorporating both nucleonic and hyperonic finite-temperature equations of state (EOS) and neutrino cooling for the first time. It is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Yuichiro Sekiguchi , Kenta Kiuchi , Koutarou Kyutoku , Masaru Shibata

Neutron star mergers (NSMs) are rapid neutron capture ($\textit{r}$-process) nucleosynthesis sites that expel matter at high velocities, from $0.1c$ to as high as $0.6c$. Nuclei ejected at these speeds are sufficiently energetic to initiate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-28 Xilu Wang , Brian D. Fields , Matthew Mumpower , Trevor Sprouse , Rebecca Surman , Nicole Vassh

We investigate energy release in the interacting magnetospheres of binary neutron stars (BNSs) with global 3D force-free electrodynamics simulations. The system dynamics depend on the inclinations $\chi_1$ and $\chi_2$ of the stars'…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-03 Jens F. Mahlmann , Andrei M. Beloborodov

The radioactive decay of the freshly synthesized $r$-process nuclei ejected in compact binary mergers power optical/infrared macronovae (kilonovae) that follow these events. The light curves depend critically on the energy partition among…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-06 Kenta Hotokezaka , Shinya Wanajo , Masaomi Tanaka , Aya Bamba , Yukikatsu Terada , Tsvi Piran

We investigate properties of material ejected dynamically in the merger of black hole-neutron star binaries by numerical-relativity simulations. We systematically study the dependence of ejecta properties on the mass ratio of the binary,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-26 Koutarou Kyutoku , Kunihito Ioka , Hirotada Okawa , Masaru Shibata , Keisuke Taniguchi

We perform a general-relativistic neutrino-radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulation of a one second-long binary neutron star merger on Japanese supercomputer Fugaku using about $72$ million CPU hours with $20,736$ CPUs. We consider an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-19 Kenta Kiuchi , Sho Fujibayashi , Kota Hayashi , Koutarou Kyutoku , Yuichiro Sekiguchi , Masaru Shibata

Binary neutron star (NS) mergers are among the most promising sources of gravitational waves (GWs), as well as candidate progenitors for short Gamma-Ray Bursts (SGRBs). Depending on the total initial mass of the system, and the NS equation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Simone Dall'Osso , Bruno Giacomazzo , Rosalba Perna , Luigi Stella

Neutron star binaries offer a rich phenomenology in terms of gravitational waves and merger remnants. However, most general relativistic studies have been performed for nearly circular binaries, with the exception of head-on collisions. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-01-10 Roman Gold , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Marcus Thierfelder , Bernd Bruegmann , Frans Pretorius

Expulsion of neutron-rich matter following the merger of neutron star (NS) binaries is crucial to the radioactively-powered electromagnetic counterparts of these events and to their relevance as sources of r-process nucleosynthesis. Here we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Rodrigo Fernández , Brian D. Metzger

The merger of neutron star (NS)-NS binary can form different production of the compact remnant, among which the supramassive NS (SMNS) could create an internal plateau and the followed steep decay marks the collapse of the SMNS. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-06 Yun-Peng Li , Zhi-Lin Chen , Da-Bin Lin , En-Wei Liang

We present the results of 3D, high-resolution calculations of neutron star mergers. Using Newtonian gravity, but adding the forces from the emission of gravitational waves, we solve the hydrodynamics equations using the smoothed particle…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-09 S. Rosswog , M. B. Davies

Three-dimensional hydrodynamical, Newtonian calculations of the coalescence of equal-mass binary neutron stars are performed, including a physical high-density equation of state and a treatment of the neutrino emission of the heated matter.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 M. Ruffert , H. -Th. Janka , K. Takahashi , G. Schaefer

We find, using high resolution numerical relativistic simulations, that the tail of the dynamical ejecta of neutron star mergers extends to mildly relativistic velocities faster than $0.7c$. The kinetic energy of this fast tail is $\sim…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-14 Kenta Hotokezaka , Kenta Kiuchi , Masaru Shibata , Ehud Nakar , Tsvi Piran

During the merger of a black hole and a neutron star, baryonic mass can become unbound from the system. Because the ejected material is extremely neutron-rich, the r-process rapidly synthesizes heavy nuclides as the material expands and…

As current gravitational wave (GW) detectors increase in sensitivity, and particularly as new instruments are being planned, there is the possibility that ground-based GW detectors will observe GWs from highly eccentric neutron star…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-14 Swami Vivekanandji Chaurasia , Tim Dietrich , Nathan K. Johnson-McDaniel , Maximiliano Ujevic , Wolfgang Tichy , Bernd Brügmann

The origin of half of the rapid neutron-capture nucleosynthesis (r-process) elements in the Universe remains an open question. Binary neutron star (BNS) mergers have been shown to face difficulties in reproducing the observed r-process…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-21 Joon Young Lee , Hsin-Yu Chen , Muhammed Saleem

Multi-messenger astronomy was galvanized by the detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from the binary neutron star (BNS) merger GW170817 and electromagnetic (EM) emission from the subsequent kilonova and short gamma ray burst. Maximizing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-02 Nathan Steinle , Samar Safi-Harb , Matt Nicholl , Isabelle Worssam , Benjamin P. Gompertz