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While there are a number of proposed formation channels for subsolar mass compact objects, including black holes formed primordially, or neutron stars that form in collapsar disks, there have yet to be any conclusive observations of such…

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We investigate the measurement correlation between the effective spin and the effective tidal deformability in gravitational wave signals from binary neutron star mergers. To efficiently measure the effective tidal deformability parameter,…

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In the late inspiral phase of a double neutron star (NS) or NS-black hole system in which one NS is a magnetar, the tidal force on the magnetar arisen from its companion will increase dramatically as the binary approaches. The tidal-induced…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-07 Zhen Zhang , Shu-Xu Yi , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Shao-Lin Xiong , Shuo Xiao

Gravitational waves emitted during the coalescence of binary neutron star systems carry information about the equation of state describing the extremely dense matter inside neutron stars. In particular, the equation of state determines the…

We study how the neutron-star equation of state affects the onset of the dynamical instability in the equations of motion for inspiraling neutron-star binaries near coalescence. A combination of relativistic effects and Newtonian tidal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Dong Lai , Alan G. Wiseman

We study high-energy emission from the mergers of neutron star binaries as electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational waves aside from short gamma-ray bursts. The mergers entail significant mass ejection, which interacts with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-23 Hajime Takami , Koutarou Kyutoku , Kunihito Ioka

We study in detail the f-mode secular instability for rapidly rotating neutron stars, putting emphasis on supermassive models which do not have a stable nonrotating counterpart. Such neutron stars are thought to be the generic outcome of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-02 Daniela D. Doneva , Kostas D. Kokkotas , Pantelis Pnigouras

This work is the first in a series of studies aimed at understanding the dynamics of highly eccentric binary neutron stars, and constructing an appropriate gravitational-waveform model for detection. Such binaries are possible sources for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-08 Huan Yang , William E. East , Vasileios Paschalidis , Frans Pretorius , Raissa F. P. Mendes

Following the historical observation of GW170817 and its electromagnetic follow-up, new neutron star merger afterglows are expected to be observed as counterparts to gravitational wave signals during the next science runs of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-25 Raphaël Duque , Robert Mochkovitch , Frédéric Daigne

In 2017, LIGO-Virgo collaborations reported detection of the first neutron star merger event, GW170817, which is accompanied by electromagnetic counterparts from radio to gamma rays. Although high-energy neutrinos were not detected from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-12 Shigeo S. Kimura

The discovery of gravitational waves has confirmed old theoretical predictions that binary systems formed with compact stars play a crucial role not only for cosmology and nuclear astrophysics. As a byproduct of these and subsequent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 Kazuyuki Ogata , Carlos A. Bertulani

In order to extract maximal information from neutron-star merger signals, both gravitational and electromagnetic, we need to ensure that our theoretical models/numerical simulations faithfully represent the extreme physics involved. This…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-09 Peter Hammond , Ian Hawke , Nils Andersson

We demonstrate Bayesian analyses of the complete gravitational-wave spectrum of binary neutron star mergers events with the next-generation detector Einstein Telescope. Our mock analyses are performed for 20 different signals using the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-12 Giulia Huez , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Matteo Breschi , Rossella Gamba

We discuss possible radio bursts which can be generated during binary neutron stars mergers associated with short gamma-ray bursts. Low-frequency radio band appear to be advantageous due to the time delay of a radio signal propagating in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-04-30 K. A. Postnov , M. S. Pshirkov

Gamma-Ray Bursts are likely associated with a catastrophic energy release in stellar mass objects. Electromagnetic observations provide important, but indirect information on the progenitor. On the other hand, gravitational waves emitted…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Alessandra Corsi

Stellar mergers are responsible for a large variety of astrophysical phenomena. They form blue straggler stars, give rise to spectacular transients, and produce some of the most massive stars in the Universe. Here, we focus on mergers from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-24 Fabian R. N. Schneider

Gravitational waves produced from the merger of binary neutron stars (BNSs) are accompanied by electromagnetic counterparts, making it possible to identify the associated host galaxy. We explore how properties of the host galaxies relate to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-16 Susmita Adhikari , Maya Fishbach , Daniel E. Holz , Risa H. Wechsler , Zhanpei Fang

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…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-15 Anna Neuweiler , Tim Dietrich , Bernd Brügmann

The merger of neutron stars drives a relativistic jet which can be observed as a short gamma-ray burst. A strong large-scale magnetic field is necessary to launch the relativistic jet. However, the magnetohydrodynamical mechanism to build…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-19 Kenta Kiuchi , Alexis Reboul-Salze , Masaru Shibata , Yuichiro Sekiguchi

The coalescence of binary neutron stars can yield the expulsion of a fast-moving, quasi-isotropic material, which may induce thermal radiation and give rise to kilonova emission. Moreover, the interaction between the ejected material and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-29 Shao-Ze Li , Yun-Wei Yu , He Gao , Lin Lan