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Mergers of black hole-neutron star (BHNS) binaries have now been observed by GW detectors with the recent announcement of GW200105 and GW200115. Such observations not only provide confirmation that these systems exist, but will also give…

The simultaneous detection of gravitational and electromagnetic waves from a binary neutron star merger has both solidified the link between neutron star mergers and short-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and demonstrated the ability of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-10 Brandon K. Wiggins , Christopher L. Fryer , Joseph M. Smidt , Dieter H. Hartmann , Nicole Lloyd-Ronning , Chris Belcynski

The only binary neutron star merger gravitational wave event with detected electromagnetic counterparts recorded to date is GRB170817A. This merger occurred in a rarefied medium with a density smaller than $10^{-3}-10^{-2}~{\rm cm}^{-3}$.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-22 Raphaël Duque , Paz Beniamini , Frédéric Daigne , Robert Mochkovitch

With the rapid advancements in next-generation ground-based gravitational wave (GW) detectors, it is anticipated that $10^3$-$10^5$ binary neutron star (BNS) mergers per year will be detected, with a significant fraction accompanied by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-04 Zhiwei Chen , Youjun Lu , Hao Ma , Qingbo Chu

We describe a stream-based analysis pipeline to detect gravitational waves from the merger of binary neutron stars, binary black holes, and neutron-star-black-hole binaries within ~ 1 minute of the arrival of the merger signal at Earth.…

Making an unambiguous detection of lensed gravitational waves is challenging with current generation detectors due to large uncertainties in sky localisations and other inferred parameter distributions. However, in the case of binary…

Gravitational waves provide us with an extraordinary tool to study the matter inside neutron stars. In particular, the postmerger signal probes an extreme temperature and density regime and will help reveal information about the equation of…

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Double neutron star mergers are strong sources of gravitational waves. The upcoming advanced gravitational wave detectors are expected to make the first detection of gravitational wave bursts (GWBs) associated with these sources. Proposed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Bing Zhang

Gravitational waves from binary neutron star mergers can be used as alerts to enable prompt follow-up observations. In particular, capturing prompt electromagnetic and astroparticle emissions from the moment of a binary merger presents…

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As two neutron stars merge, they emit gravitational waves that can potentially be detected by earth bound detectors. Matched-filtering based algorithms have traditionally been used to extract quiet signals embedded in noise. We introduce a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-29 Marlin B. Schäfer , Frank Ohme , Alexander H. Nitz

Binary black-holes (BHs) and binary neutron-stars (NSs) mergers had been recently detected through gravitational-wave (GW) emission, with the latter followed by post-merger electromagnetic counterparts, appearing seconds up to weeks after…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-21 Erez Michaely , Hagai B. Perets

Compact object mergers which produce both detectable gravitational waves and electromagnetic emission can provide valuable insights into the neutron star equation of state, the tension in the Hubble constant, and the origin of the r-process…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 Thomas C. Abbott , Eitan Buffaz , Nicholas Vieira , Miriam Cabero , Daryl Haggard , Ashish Mahabal , Jess McIver

Low-latency analyses of gravitational-wave (GW) data from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA enable rapid detection of compact binary coalescences (CBC) and prompt sky localization, essential for electromagnetic follow-up in multi-messenger astronomy.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-28 Amazigh Ouzriat , Viola Sordini , Francesco Di Renzo

Mergers of binary neutron stars and black hole-neutron star binaries produce gravitational-wave (GW) emission and outflows with significant kinetic energies. These outflows result in radio emissions through synchrotron radiation. We explore…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-15 Kenta Hotokezaka , Samaya Nissanke , Gregg Hallinan , T. Joseph W. Lazio , Ehud Nakar , Tsvi Piran

Gravitational waves generated by the final merger of double neutron star (DNS) binary systems are a key target for the gravitational wave (GW) interferometric detectors, such as LIGO, and the next generation detectors, Advanced LIGO. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. M. Coward , M. Lilley , E. J. Howell , R. R. Burman , D. G. Blair

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

Gravitational waves (GWs) from binary neutron star (BNS) merger remnants complement constraints from the inspiral phase, mass-radius measurements, and microscopic theory by providing information about the neutron-star equation of state…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-24 Christian Ecker , Tyler Gorda , Aleksi Kurkela , Luciano Rezzolla

The success of the multi-messenger astronomy relies on gravitational-wave observatories like LIGO and Virgo to provide prompt warning of merger events involving neutron stars (including both binary neutron stars and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-15 Hang Yu , Rana X. Adhikari , Ryan Magee , Surabhi Sachdev , Yanbei Chen

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 early and precise localization of gravitational waves (GWs) is pivotal in detecting their electromagnetic (EM) counterparts, especially for binary neutron stars (BNS) and neutron star-black hole binaries (NSBH). In this letter, we…

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