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We present a fast method for obtaining fully analytical approximations for gravitational waveforms produced by merging of neutron stars and/or black holes for the earliest stages of the merger process. The obtained analytical formula is…

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The inconsistency between experiments in the measurements of the local Universe expansion rate, the Hubble constant, suggests unknown systematics in the existing experiments or new physics. Gravitational-wave standard sirens, a method to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-10 Alberto Salvarese , Hsin-Yu Chen

We present an effective, low-dimensionality frequency-domain template for the gravitational wave signal from the stellar remnants from binary neutron star coalescence. A principal component decomposition of a suite of numerical simulations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-13 James Alexander Clark , Andreas Bauswein , Nikolaos Stergioulas , Deirdre Shoemaker

Gravitational waves emitted by binary neutron-star inspirals carry information on components' masses and tidal deformabilities, but not directly radii, which are measured by electromagnetic observations of neutron stars. To improve the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-10 Michał Bejger

Gravitational waves from merging binary neutron stars carry characteristic information about their astrophysical properties, including masses and tidal deformabilities, that are needed to infer their radii. In this study, we use Bayesian…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-06 Sanika Khadkikar , Ish Gupta , Rahul Kashyap , Koustav Chandra , Rossella Gamba , Bangalore Sathyaprakash

The existence of a large number of asymmetric, rotating neutron stars, each individually emitting periodic or quasi-periodic gravitational waves in the frequency band around 100 Hz, raises the possibility of detecting their combined…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Giacomo Giampieri

The gravitational waveform of merging binary neutron stars encodes information about extreme states of matter. Probing these gravitational emissions requires the gravitational-wave detectors to have high sensitivity above 1 kHz. Fortunately…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-12 Haixing Miao , Huan Yang , Denis Martynov

Gravitational waves emitted by asymmetric rotating neutron stars are the primary targets of continuous gravitational-wave searches. Neutron stars in binary systems are particularly interesting due to the potential for non-axisymmetric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-27 P. B. Covas , M. A. Papa , R. Prix

We present a theoretical background for the data analysis of the gravitational-wave signals from spinning neutron stars for Earth-based laser interferometric detectors. We introduce a detailed model of the signal including both the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-12-30 Piotr Jaranowski , Andrzej Królak , Bernard F. Schutz

With the improvement in sensitivity of gravitational wave (GW) detectors and the increasing diversity of GW sources, there is a strong need for accurate GW waveform models for data analysis. While the current model accuracy assessments…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-22 Qian Hu , John Veitch

The constancy of the gravitational constant $G$ is a cornerstone of the strong equivalence principle and of general relativity, yet its possible temporal variation remains a key target in tests of fundamental physics. Gravitational-wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-27 Jie Zhu , Hanlin Song , Zhenwei Lyu , Hao Li , Peixiang Ji , Jun-Chen Wang , Haobo Yan , Bo-Qiang Ma

It is currently unknown how matter behaves at the extreme densities found within the cores of neutron stars. Measurements of the neutron star equation of state probe nuclear physics that is otherwise inaccessible in a laboratory setting.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-03 Kris Walker , Rory Smith , Eric Thrane , Daniel J. Reardon

In this article, I introduce ideas and techniques to extract information about the equation of state of matter at very high densities from gravitational waves emitted before, during and after the merger of binary neutron stars. I also…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-30 Luca Baiotti

With the remarkable advent of gravitational-wave astronomy, we have shed light on previously shrouded events: compact binary coalescences. Neutron stars are promising (and confirmed) sources of gravitational radiation and it proves timely…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-20 Fabian Gittins

Rapidly rotating neutron stars are promising sources of continuous gravitational wave radiation for the LIGO and Virgo interferometers. The majority of neutron stars in our galaxy have not been identified with electromagnetic observations.…

Determining the equation of state of matter at nuclear density and hence the structure of neutron stars has been a riddle for decades. We show how the imminent detection of gravitational waves from merging neutron star binaries can be used…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-09-05 Kentaro Takami , Luciano Rezzolla , Luca Baiotti

Continuous gravitational waves are nearly monochromatic signals emitted by asymmetries in rotating neutron stars. These signals have not yet been detected. Deep all-sky searches for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-27 P. B. Covas , M. A. Papa , R. Prix , B. J. Owen

Gravitational waves from binary neutron star coalescences contain rich information about matter at supranuclear densities encoded by the neutron star equation of state. We can measure the equation of state by analyzing the tidal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-27 Francisco Hernandez Vivanco , Rory Smith , Eric Thrane , Paul D. Lasky , Colm Talbot , Vivien Raymond

Targeted searches of continuous waves from spinning neutron stars normally assume that the frequency of the gravitational wave signal is at a given known ratio with respect to the rotational frequency of the source, e.g. twice for an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Pia Astone , Alberto Colla , Sabrina D'Antonio , Sergio Frasca , Cristiano Palomba , Roberto Serafinelli

Gravitational waves from neutron-star mergers are expected to provide stringent constraints on the structure of neutron stars. At the same time, recent advances in nuclear theory have enabled reliable calculations of the low density…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-09-04 I. Tews , J. Margueron , S. Reddy