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We present a study aimed at quantifying the detectability of radio counterparts of binary neutron star (BNS) mergers with total masses $\lesssim 3$\,M$_{\odot}$, which may form neutron star (NS) remnants. We focus on mergers localized by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-01 Kara Merfeld , Alessandra Corsi

On August 17, 2017 at 12:41:04 UTC the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detectors made their first observation of a binary neutron star inspiral. The signal, GW170817, was detected with a combined signal-to-noise ratio of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-17 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , The Virgo Collaboration

Combined gravitational-wave (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) observations of compact binary mergers should enable detailed studies of astrophysical processes in the strong-field gravity regime. Networks of GW interferometers have poor angular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Samaya Nissanke , Mansi Kasliwal , Alexandra Georgieva

Mergers of binaries consisting of two neutron stars, or a black hole and a neutron star, offer a unique opportunity to study a range of physical and astrophysical processes using two different and almost orthogonal probes - gravitational…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-02 Ehud Nakar

The detection of a secular post-merger gravitational wave (GW) signal in a binary neutron star (BNS) merger serves as strong evidence for the formation of a long-lived post-merger neutron star (NS), which can help constrain the maximum mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-17 Yikang Chen , Bin Liu , Shunke Ai , Lin Lan , He Gao , Yong Yuan , Zong-Hong Zhu

Next-generation gravitational-wave detectors will provide unprecedented sensitivity to inspiraling binary neutron stars and black holes, enabling detections at the peak of star formation and beyond. However, the signals from these systems…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-22 Andrew L. Miller , Neha Singh , Cristiano Palomba

The Einstein Telescope (ET) is going to bring a revolution for the future of multi-messenger astrophysics. In order to detect the counterparts of binary neutron star (BNS) mergers at high redshift, the high-energy observations will play a…

The Einstein Telescope (ET), a proposed next-generation gravitational wave (GW) observatory, will expand the reach of GW astronomy of stellar-mass compact object binaries to unprecedented distances, enhancing opportunities for…

Black hole neutron star (BHNS) mergers have recently been detected through their gravitational-wave (GW) emission. BHNS mergers could also produce electromagnetic (EM) emission as a short gamma-ray burst (sGRB), and/or an sGRB afterglow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-20 Oliver M. Boersma , Joeri van Leeuwen

The nature of the remnant of a binary neutron star (BNS) merger is uncertain. Though certainly a black hole (BH) in the cases of the most massive BNSs, X-ray lightcurves from gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows suggest a neutron star (NS) as a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-09 Clara Plasse , Alexis Reboul-Salze , Jérome Guilet , Diego Götz , Nicolas Leroy , Raphaël. Raynaud , Matteo Bugli , Tito Dal Canton

As the sensitivity of the international gravitational wave detector network increases, observing binary neutron star signals will become more common. Moreover, since these signals will be louder, the chances of detecting them before their…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-16 Wouter van Straalen , Alex Kolmus , Justin Janquart , Chris Van Den Broeck

Next-generation gravitational wave (GW) observatories, such as the Einstein Telescope (ET) and Cosmic Explorer, will observe binary neutron star (BNS) mergers across cosmic history, providing precise parameter estimates for the closest…

The detection of gravitational waves (GWs) has provided a new tool to study the Universe, with the scientific return enriched when combined with established probes: electromagnetic (EM) radiation and energetic particles. Since the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-25 Matt Nicholl , Igor Andreoni

(Abridged) While the gravitational-wave (GW) signal GW170817 was accompanied by a variety of electromagnetic (EM) counterparts, sufficiently high-mass binary neutron star (BNS) mergers are expected to be unable to power bright EM…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-13 An Chen , Nathan K. Johnson-McDaniel , Tim Dietrich , Reetika Dudi

The next generation gravitational wave (GW) detectors -- Einstein Telescope (ET) and Cosmic Explorer (CE) will have distance horizons up to $\mathcal{O}(10)$ Gpc for detecting binary neutron star (BNS) mergers. This will make them ideal for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-27 Mainak Mukhopadhyay , Shigeo S. Kimura , Kohta Murase

We investigate joint low-latency gravitational wave (GW) detection and prompt electromagnetic (EM) follow-up observations of coalescing binary neutron stars (BNSs). Assuming that BNS mergers are associated with short duration gamma ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-22 E. J. Howell , Q. Chu , A. Rowlinson , H. Gao , B. Zhang , S. J. Tingay , M. Boer , L. Wen

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo Interferometer Collaborations have now detected all three classes of compact binary mergers: binary black hole (BBH), binary neutron star (BNS), and neutron star-black…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-20 Richard Qiu , Plamen Krastev , Kiranjyot Gill , Edo Berger

Mergers of binary neutron stars and black hole-neutron star binaries are one of the most promising sources for the ground-based gravitational-wave (GW) detectors and also a high-energy astrophysical phenomenon as illustrated by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-08 Masaru Shibata , Kenta Hotokezaka

Binary neutron-star (BNS) mergers are accompanied by multi-messenger emissions, including gravitational wave (GW), neutrino, and electromagnetic signals. Some fraction of BNS mergers may result in a rapidly spinning magnetar as a remnant,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-22 Mainak Mukhopadhyay , Shigeo S. Kimura , Brian D. Metzger

We explore the intriguing possibility of employing future ground-based gravitational-wave interferometers to detect the inspiral of binary neutron stars sufficiently early to alert electromagnetic observatories so that a gamma-ray burst…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-18 Sarp Akcay