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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…

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Extending previous work by a number of authors, we have recently presented a new approach in which the detection of gravitational waves from merging neutron star binaries can be used to determine the equation of state of matter at nuclear…

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Employing a simplified version of the Israel-Stewart formalism of general-relativistic shear-viscous hydrodynamics, we explore the evolution of a remnant massive neutron star of binary neutron star merger and pay special attention to the…

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Gravitational waves emitted from the coalescence of neutron star binaries open a new window to probe matter and fundamental physics in unexplored, extreme regimes. To extract information about the supranuclear matter inside neutron stars…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-10 Tim Dietrich , Tanja Hinderer , Anuradha Samajdar

Bulk viscosity of neutron star cores containing hyperons is studied taking into account non-equilibrium weak process $n+n \rightleftharpoons p+\Sigma^-$. Rapid growth of the bulk viscosity within the neutron star core associated with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-05 P. Haensel , K. P. Levenfish , D. G. Yakovlev

Recent gravitational wave observations of neutron star-neutron star and neutron star-black hole binaries appear to indicate that massive neutron stars may not be too uncommon in merging systems. In this manuscript, we present a first set of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-14 Francois Foucart , Matthew D. Duez , Roland Haas , Lawrence E. Kidder , Harald P. Pfeiffer , Mark A. Scheel , Elizabeth Spira-Savett

Recent studies invoke a unified description of different neutron star observables using metamodels, which parametrize the Equation of State (EoS) of neutron star matter close to nuclear saturation density in terms of few nuclear parameters.…

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We perform long-term general relativistic neutrino radiation hydrodynamics simulations (in axisymmetry) for a massive neutron star (MNS) surrounded by a torus, which is a canonical remnant formed after the binary neutron star merger. We…

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Weak reactions are critical for the neutron richness of the matter dynamically ejected after the merger of two neutron stars. The neutron richness, defined by the electron fraction (Ye), determines which heavy elements are produced by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-10 D. Martin , A. Perego , W. Kastaun , A. Arcones

We study the bulk viscosity in two (anti-spaghetti and Swiss cheese) phases of non- spherical nuclei in the mantle of an oscillating neutron star near the boundary with the stellar core. The bulk viscosity is produced by non-equilibrium…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 D. G. Yakovlev , M. E. Gusakov , P. Haensel

The contribution from hyperons to the bulk viscosity of neutron star matter is calculated. Compared to previous works we use for the weak interaction the one-pion exchange model rather than a current-current interaction, and include the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 E. N. E. van Dalen , A. E. L. Dieperink

Highly eccentric binary neutron star mergers exhibit unique dynamical and observational signatures compared to quasi-circular ones in terms of their gravitational wave signal and the ejection of matter, leading to different electromagnetic…

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Detectable electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational waves from compact binary mergers can be produced by outflows from the black hole-accretion disk remnant during the first ten seconds after the merger. Two-dimensional axisymmetric…

Binary neutron star mergers play an important role in nuclear astrophysics: their gravitational wave and electromagnetic signals carry information about the equation of state of cold matter above nuclear saturation density, and they may be…

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We present the first numerical relativity simulations including neutrino flavor transformations that could result from flavor instabilities, quantum many-body effects, or potential beyond standard model physics in neutron star mergers. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-08 Yi Qiu , David Radice , Sherwood Richers , Maitraya Bhattacharyya

The final burst of gravitational radiation emitted by coalescing binary neutron stars carries direct information about the neutron star fluid, and, in particular, about the equation of state of nuclear matter at extreme densities. The final…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Joshua A. Faber , Frederic A. Rasio

Binary neutron star mergers are expected to generate intense magnetic fields that power relativistic and non-relativistic outflows and shape their multimessenger signatures. These fields likely arise from the turbulent amplification of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-30 Eduardo M. Gutiérrez , David Radice , Jacob Fields , James M. Stone

Spin can have significant effects on the electromagnetic transients accompanying binary neutron star mergers. The measurement of spin can provide important information about binary formation channels. In the absence of a strong neutron star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-18 William E. East , Vasileios Paschalidis , Frans Pretorius , Antonios Tsokaros

The dissipative properties of relativistic strongly interacting nuclear matter significantly influence the damping of stellar oscillations and density fluctuations during compact star mergers. In this work, we derive the evolution equation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-18 José Luis Hernandez , Cristina Manuel , Saga Säppi , Laura Tolos

We calculate the coefficient of bulk viscosity by considering the non-leptonic weak interactions in the cores of hybrid stars with both hyperons and quarks. We first determine the dependence of the production rate of neutrons on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Nana Pan , Xiaoping Zheng , Jiarong Li