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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…

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Deviations from the predictions of general relativity due to energy-momentum squared gravity (EMSG) are expected to become pronounced in the high density cores of neutron stars. We derive the hydrostatic equilibrium equations in EMSG and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-12 Ozgur Akarsu , John D. Barrow , Sercan Çıkıntoğlu , K. Yavuz Ekşi , Nihan Katirci

We implement general relativistic hydrodynamics in the moving-mesh code AREPO. We also couple a solver for the Einstein field equations employing the conformal flatness approximation. The implementation is validated by evolving isolated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-10 Georgios Lioutas , Andreas Bauswein , Theodoros Soultanis , Rüdiger Pakmor , Volker Springel , Friedrich K. Röpke

We present SPARCS, which combines the moment-based radiative transfer method SPH-M1RT with the non-equilibrium metal chemistry solver CHIMES in the modern highly-parallel astrophysical code SWIFT. SPARCS enables on-the-fly radiation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-23 Tsang Keung Chan , Alexander J. Richings , Tom Theuns , Yuankang Liu , Matthieu Schaller , Mladen Ivkovic

We introduce a new method for numerically evolving the full Einstein field equations in situations where the spacetime is dominated by a known background solution. The technique leverages the knowledge of the background solution to subtract…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-20 William E. East , Frans Pretorius

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

The construction of accurate and consistent initial data for various binary parameters is a critical ingredient for numerical relativity simulations of the compact binary coalescence. In this article, we present an upgrade of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-12-25 Wolfgang Tichy , Alireza Rashti , Tim Dietrich , Reetika Dudi , Bernd Brügmann

We review recent efforts to re-formulate the Einstein equations for fully relativistic numerical simulations. The so-called numerical relativity (computational simulations in general relativity) is a promising research field matching with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Hisa-aki Shinkai , Gen Yoneda

Recent observations of compact binary systems have provided evidence for black holes with masses below standard expectations. When paired with neutron stars (NSs), such low-mass black holes (BHs) have the potential to be detected by future…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-24 S. Gomez Lopez , B. Giacomazzo , F. Pannarale

We present numerical results of three-dimensional simulations for the merger of binary neutron stars (BNSs) in full general relativity. Hybrid equations of state (EOSs) are adopted to mimic realistic nuclear EOSs. In this approach, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Masaru Shibata , Keisuke Taniguchi , Koji Uryu

The equation of state (EoS) of neutron matter plays a decisive role in our understanding of the properties of neutron stars as well as the generation of gravitational waves in neutron star mergers. At sufficient densities, it is known that…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-02-24 Hui Tong , Serdar Elhatisari , Ulf-G. Meißner

We present a new method for neutrino-matter coupling in multi-dimensional radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of core-collapse supernova (CCSN) with the full Boltzmann neutrino transport. The development is motivated by the fact that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-07 Hiroki Nagakura , Kohsuke Sumiyoshi , Shoichi Yamada

We perform fully general-relativistic simulations of binary strange star mergers considering two different approaches for thermal effects. The first uses a cold equation of state (EOS) derived from a modified version of the MIT bag model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-08 Francesco Grippa , Aviral Prakash , Domenico Logoteta , David Radice , Ignazio Bombaci

Within a cosmological context, we study the behaviour of collisionless particles in the weak field approximation to General Relativity, allowing for large gradients of the fields and relativistic velocities for the particles. We consider a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-03 Julian Adamek , Mateja Gosenca , Shaun Hotchkiss

We present techniques for successfully performing numerical relativity simulations of binary black holes with fourth-order accuracy. Our simulations are based on a new coding framework which currently supports higher order finite…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Y. Zlochower , J. G. Baker , M. Campanelli , C. O. Lousto

In the absence of symmetry assumptions most numerical relativity simulations adopt Cartesian coordinates. While Cartesian coordinates have some desirable properties, spherical polar coordinates appear better suited for certain applications,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 Thomas W. Baumgarte , Pedro J. Montero , Isabel Cordero-Carrión , Ewald Müller

The study of the properties and dynamics of self-gravitating bosonic objects in Einstein gravity was conducted. We studied self-coupled boson stars and determined the quasinormal mode (QNM) frequencies of stable boson stars in spherical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Jayashree Balakrishna

We study the energy per particle of symmetric nuclear matter and pure neutron matter using realistic nucleon--nucleon potentials having non central tensor and spin--orbit components, up to three times the empirical nuclear matter saturation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 I. Bombaci , A. Fabrocini , A. Polls , I. Vidana

We present the first set of numerical relativity simulations of binary neutron mergers that include spin precession effects and are evolved with multiple resolutions. Our simulations employ consistent initial data in general relativity with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-14 Tim Dietrich , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Bernd Bruegmann , Maximiliano Ujevic , Wolfgang Tichy

The faithful inclusion of the effects of bulk viscosity induced by the presence of chemical reactions is an important issue for simulations of core-collapse supernovae, binary neutron star mergers, and neutron star oscillations, where…

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