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Numerical simulations of neutron star--neutron star and neutron star--black hole binaries play an important role in our ability to model gravitational wave and electromagnetic signals powered by these systems. These simulations have to take…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-17 Francois Foucart

Simulations of neutron star-black hole (NSBH) binaries generally consider black holes with masses in the range $(5-10)M_\odot$, where we expect to find most stellar mass black holes. The existence of lower mass black holes, however, cannot…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-05 F. Foucart , M. D. Duez , L. E. Kidder , S. Nissanke , H. P. Pfeiffer , M. A. Scheel

A wide variety of astrophysical phenomena involve the flow of turbulent magnetized gas with relativistic velocity or energy density. Examples include gamma-ray bursts, active galactic nuclei, pulsars, magnetars, micro-quasars, merging…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Jonathan Zrake , Andrew MacFadyen

We present a first simulation of the post-merger evolution of a black hole-neutron star binary in full general relativity using an energy-integrated general relativistic truncated moment formalism for neutrino transport. We describe our…

In this paper, we present 52 new numerical-relativity (NR) simulations of black-hole-neutron-star merger (BHNS) mergers and employ the data to inform TEOBResumS-Dal\'i: a multipolar effective-one-body model also including precession and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-02 Alejandra Gonzalez , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Alireza Rashti , Francesco Brandoli , Rossella Gamba

Recent detections of gravitational waves from mergers of neutron stars (NSs) and black holes (BHs) in the low and high-end mass gap regimes pose a puzzle to standard stellar and binary evolution theory. Mass-gap mergers may originate from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-09 Adrian S. Hamers , Giacomo Fragione , Patrick Neunteufel , Bence Kocsis

We systematically perform the merger simulation of black hole-neutron star (BH-NS) binaries in full general relativity, focusing on the case that the NS is tidally disrupted. We prepare BH-NS binaries in a quasicircular orbit as the initial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Masaru Shibata , Keisuke Taniguchi

We perform fully general-relativistic hydrodynamics simulations of binary neutron star mergers over $100\,\rm ms$ post-merger to investigate the dynamics of remnant massive neutron stars (NSs). Our focus is mainly on the analysis of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-30 Yong Gao , Kota Hayashi , Kenta Kiuchi , Alan Tsz-Lok Lam , Hao-Jui Kuan , Masaru Shibata

We perform three-dimensional relativistic hydrodynamical calculations of neutron star mergers to assess the reliability of an approximate treatment of thermal effects in such simulations by combining an ideal-gas component with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 A. Bauswein , H. -Th. Janka , R. Oechslin

We analyze a long-lived hyper-massive neutron star merger remnant (post-merger lifetime $>250$ ms) that has been obtained via large eddy simulations with a gradient subgrid-scale model. We find a clear helicoidal magnetic field structure…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-31 Ricard Aguilera-Miret , Carlos Palenzuela , Federico Carrasco , Stephan Rosswog , Daniele Viganò

Using numerical relativity simulations with a subgrid dynamo prescription to generate strong initial magnetic fields, we investigate the possibility of launching a jet-like outflow from the hypermassive neutron star (HMNS) during the early…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-21 Elias R. Most , Eliot Quataert

The origin of short gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs) is associated with outflows powered by the remnant of a binary neutron star merger. This remnant can be either a black hole or a highly magnetized, fastly spinning neutron star, also known as a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-09 Gustavo Soares , Pablo Bosch , Davide Lazzati , Philipp Mösta

The merger of two neutron stars may give birth to a long-lived hypermassive neutron star. If it harbours a strong magnetic field of magnetar strength, its spin-down could explain several features of short gamma-ray burst afterglows. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-23 Jerome Guilet , Andreas Bauswein , Oliver Just , Hans-Thomas Janka

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

The capacity to model magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) flows in dynamical, strongly curved spacetimes significantly extends the reach of numerical relativity in addressing many problems at the forefront of theoretical astrophysics. We have…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Branson C. Stephens , Matthew D. Duez , Yuk Tung Liu , Stuart L. Shapiro , Masaru Shibata

This two-part review summarizes interstellar turbulence and its implications. The first part begins with diagnostics and energy sources. Turbulence theory is considered in detail, including the basic fluid equations, solenoidal and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Bruce G. Elmegreen , John Scalo

Realistic astrophysical environments are turbulent due to the extremely high Reynolds numbers. Therefore, the theories of reconnection intended for describing astrophysical reconnection should not ignore the effects of turbulence on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-09 A. Lazarian , G. Kowal , M. Takamoto , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , J. Cho

Binary neutron star mergers are among the most energetic events in our Universe, with magnetic fields significantly impacting their dynamics, particularly after the merger. While numerical-relativity simulations that correctly describe the…

The cosmic variance on the star formation history may lead to bias to the merger rate density estimation of binary neutron star (BNS) mergers by the compact binary population synthesis. In this paper, we take the advantage of the large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-02 Zhiwei Chen , Youjun Lu , Jie Wang , Zhen Jiang , Qingbo Chu , Xianghao Ma

Binary neutron star (BNS) mergers are the leading model to explain the phenomenology of short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs), which are among the most luminous explosions in the universe. Recent observations of long-lasting X-ray afterglows of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-16 Daniel M. Siegel , Riccardo Ciolfi