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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

Latest general relativistic simulations for merger of binary neutron stars with realistic equations of state (EOSs) show that a hypermassive neutron star of an ellipsoidal figure is formed after the merger if the total mass is smaller than…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Masaru Shibata

Neutron star binaries offer a rich phenomenology in terms of gravitational waves and merger remnants. However, most general relativistic studies have been performed for nearly circular binaries, with the exception of head-on collisions. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-01-10 Roman Gold , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Marcus Thierfelder , Bernd Bruegmann , Frans Pretorius

We probe the intrinsic differences in simulated gravitational-wave signals from binary neutron star (BNS) mergers, arising from varying approaches to incorporating thermal effects in numerical-relativity modeling. We consider a hybrid…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-04 Miquel Miravet-Tenés , Davide Guerra , Milton Ruiz , Pablo Cerdá-Durán , José A. Font

Kilonova is an optical-infrared transient powered by the radioactive decay of heavy nuclei from binary neutron star mergers. Its observational characteristics depend on the mass and the nuclide composition of meger ejecta, which are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-03 Wu-Zimo Qiumu , Meng-Hua Chen , Qiu-Hong Chen , En-Wei Liang

It is currently unknown how matter behaves at the extreme densities found within the cores of neutron stars. Measurements of the neutron star equation of state probe nuclear physics that is otherwise inaccessible in a laboratory setting.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-03 Kris Walker , Rory Smith , Eric Thrane , Daniel J. Reardon

Binary neutron star mergers probe the dense-matter equation of state (EoS) across a wide range of densities and temperatures, from the cold conditions of the inspiral to the high-temperature matter of the massive neutron star remnant. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-26 Carolyn A. Raithel , Vasileios Paschalidis

GW170817 has provided valuable constraints on the equations of state of merging binary neutron stars, which can be considered as the most probable candidate for the source of gravitational waves. On the other hand, these natural…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-22 Z. Sharifi , M. Bigdeli , D. Alvarez-Castillo

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

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

Post-merger gravitational-wave emission from a binary neutron star merger carries crucial information about the equation of state (EoS) of matter at high temperatures. Current gravitational wave detectors have limited sensitivities at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-29 Soham Mitra , Praveer Tiwari , Archana Pai

The rich phenomenology of binary neutron star mergers offers a unique opportunity to test general relativity, investigate matter at supranuclear densities, and learn more about the origin of heavy elements. As multi-messenger sources, they…

The postmerger gravitational-wave (GW) signal of a binary neutron star (BNS) merger is expected to contain valuable information that could shed light on the equation of state (EOS) of NSs, the properties of the matter produced during the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-04 Aditya Vijaykumar , Shasvath J. Kapadia , Parameswaran Ajith

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

We investigate the properties of post-merger remnants of binary neutron star mergers in the framework of Damour-Esposito-Farese-type scalar-tensor theory of gravity with a massive scalar field by numerical relativity simulation. It is found…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-11 Alan Tsz-Lok Lam , Hao-Jui Kuan , Masaru Shibata , Karim Van Aelst , Kenta Kiuchi

Binary neutron star (BNS) mergers are the leading model to explain the phenomenology of short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs), which are among the most luminous explosions in the universe. Recent observations of long-lasting X-ray afterglows of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-16 Daniel M. Siegel , Riccardo Ciolfi

Studying the properties of ultra-dense matter is one of the key goals of modern neutron star research. The measurement of the tidal deformability from the inspiral of a binary neutron star merger offers one promising method for constraining…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-26 Carolyn A. Raithel , Elias R. Most

The cores of massive neutron stars offer a unique environment for the nuclear matter at intermediate density in the universe. The global characteristics of a neutron star, as well as the gravitational waves emitted from the mergers of two…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-25 Ling-Jun Guo , Wen-Cong Yang , Yong-Liang Ma , Yue-Liang Wu

Understanding the equation of state (EOS) of cold nuclear matter, namely, the relation between the pressure and energy density, is a central goal of nuclear physics that cuts across a variety of disciplines. Indeed, the limits of nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-06-12 J. Piekarewicz

In this paper, we investigate the properties of binary neutron stars (BNSs) and their mergers by combining population synthesis models for binary stellar evolution (BSE) with cosmological galaxy formation and evolution models. We obtain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-20 Qingbo Chu , Shenghua Yu , Youjun Lu