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We show how to coherently combine information from a population of sub-threshold, gravitational-wave binary neutron star post-merger remnants. Although no individual event in our synthetic population can be claimed as a confident detection,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-21 Fiona H. Panther , Paul D. Lasky

We present a novel method for revealing the equation of state of high-density neutron star matter through gravitational waves emitted during the postmerger phase of a binary neutron star system. The method relies on a small number of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 A. Bauswein , N. Stergioulas , H. -T. Janka

The oscillation of neutrons $n$ into mirror neutrons $n'$, their mass degenerate partners from dark mirror sector, can have interesting implications for neutron stars: an ordinary neutron star could gradually transform into a mixed star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-08 Zurab Berezhiani , Riccardo Biondi , Massimo Mannarelli , Francesco Tonelli

The gravitational-wave events GW170817 and GW190425 have led to a number of important insights on the equation of state of dense matter and the properties of neutron stars, such as their radii and the maximum mass. Some of these conclusions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-20 L. Jens Papenfort , Elias R. Most , Samuel Tootle , Luciano Rezzolla

We perform 3D numerical simulations for merger of equal mass binary neutron stars in full general relativity preparing irrotational binary neutron stars in a quasiequilibrium state as initial conditions. Simulations have been carried out…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Masaru Shibata , Koji Uryu

We examine nucleosynthesis in the ejecta of black hole-neutron star mergers based on the results of long-term neutrino-radiation-magnetohydrodynamics simulations for the first time. We find that the combination of dynamical and post-merger…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-06 Shinya Wanajo , Sho Fujibayashi , Kota Hayashi , Kenta Kiuchi , Yuichiro Sekiguchi , Masaru Shibata

Coalescence of neutron stars gives rise to kilonova, thermal emission powered by radioactive decays of freshly synthesized r-process nuclei. Although observational properties are largely affected by bound-bound opacities of r-process…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-10 Masaomi Tanaka , Daiji Kato , Gediminas Gaigalas , Kyohei Kawaguchi

We reassess the capacity for multimessenger inference of AT2017gfo/GW170817 using both kilonova and gravitational wave emission within the context of a recent simulation-based surrogate model for kilonova emission. Independent of the…

In this study, we begin by revisiting the oscillatory behavior of radiative quantities-energy, angular momentum, and linear momentum-linked with initial eccentricities in binary black hole (BBH) mergers. By varying the mean anomaly $l_0$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-09 Hao Wang , Yuan Chuan Zou , Qing Wen Wu

The initial mass function (IMF), binary fraction and distributions of binary parameters (mass ratios, separations and eccentricities) are indispensable input for simulations of stellar populations. It is often claimed that these are poorly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-07 S. E. de Mink , K. Belczynski

Heavy elements like gold, platinum or uranium are produced in the r-process, which needs neutron-rich and explosive environments. Neutron star mergers are a promising candidate for an r-process site. They exhibit three different channels…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-28 Dirk Martin , Albino Perego , Almudena Arcones , Oleg Korobkin , Friedrich-Karl Thielemann

Using an extended set of equations of state and a multiple-group multiple-code collaborative effort to generate waveforms, we improve numerical-relativity-based data-analysis estimates of the measurability of matter effects in neutron-star…

Merging neutron stars generate shock waves that disintegrate heavy nuclei into nucleons especially in the outer envelope. It is expected that some of such neutrons having avoided capturing positrons remain as free neutrons even after…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-11 Ayako Ishii , Toshikazu Shigeyama , Masaomi Tanaka

The electromagnetic (EM) signal of a binary neutron star (BNS) merger depends sensitively on the total binary mass, $M_{\rm tot}$, relative to various threshold masses set by the neutron star (NS) equation-of-state (EOS), parameterized…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-31 Ben Margalit , Brian D. Metzger

Following merger, a neutron star (NS) binary can produce roughly one of three different outcomes: (1) a stable NS, (2) a black hole (BH), or (3) a supra-massive, rotationally-supported NS, which then collapses to a BH following angular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-02 Anthony L. Piro , Bruno Giacomazzo , Rosalba Perna

Information about the last stages of a binary neutron star inspiral and the final merger can be extracted from quasi-equilibrium configurations and dynamical evolutions. In this article, we construct quasi-equilibrium configurations for…

The mass loss in putative neutron star to mixed neutron - mirror neutron star transition implies a significant change of orbital period. The precise constancy of the latter can restrict scenarios recently suggested where neutron to mirror…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-11-26 Itzhak Goldman , Rabindra N. Mohapatra , Shmuel Nussinov

We perform a numerical-relativity simulation for the merger of binary neutron stars with 6 nuclear-theory-based equations of state (EOSs) described by piecewise polytropes. Our purpose is to explore the dependence of the dynamical behavior…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-06-13 Kenta Hotokezaka , Koutarou Kyutoku , Hirotada Okawa , Masaru Shibata , Kenta Kiuchi

The equation of state (EOS) of dense matter plays an important role in the supernova phenomenon, the structure of neutron stars, and in the mergers of compact objects (neutron stars and black holes). During the collapse phase of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 James M. Lattimer , Madappa Prakash

We present a systematic numerical-relativity study of the dynamical ejecta, winds and nucleosynthesis in neutron star merger remnants. Binaries with the chirp mass compatible with GW170817, different mass ratios, and five microphysical…