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The gravitational wave signals of black hole-neutron star (BHNS) binary systems have now been detected, and future detections might be accompanied by electromagnetic counterparts. BHNS mergers involve much of the same physics as binary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-24 Matthew D. Duez

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…

Binary neutron star mergers used to be the most promising candidate for gravitational waves for ground-based gravitational wave detectors, such as advanced LIGO and advanced VIRGO. This was proved by the detection of gravitational waves…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-12 Kenta Kiuchi

As neutron stars merge they can approach very high nuclear density. Here, we summarized recent results for the evolution and gravitational wave emission from binary neutron star mergers using a a variety of nuclear equations of state with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-28 Grant J. Mathews , Atul Kedia , Hee Il Kim , In-Saeng Suh

We present numerical relativity simulations of nine-orbit equal-mass binary neutron star covering the quasicircular late inspiral and merger. The extracted gravitational waveforms are analyzed for convergence and accuracy. Second order…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-05-23 Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Marcus Thierfelder , Bernd Bruegmann

Binary neutron stars merger (NS$^2$M) at cosmological distances is probably the only $\gamma$-ray bursts model based on an independently observed phenomenon which is known to be taking place at a comparable rate. We describe this model, its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 T. Piran

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 present 3D general-relativistic neutrino-radiation hydrodynamics simulations of two asymmetric binary neutron star mergers producing long-lived neutron stars remnants and spanning a fraction of their cooling time scale. The mergers are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-28 Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Fabio Magistrelli , Maximilian Jacobi , Domenico Logoteta , Albino Perego , David Radice

Neutron stars in mass-transferring binaries are accreting the hydrogen and helium rich matter from the surfaces of their companions. This article simply explains the physics associated with how that material eventually fuses to form heavier…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lars Bildsten

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,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-10 Souradeep Pal , K Rajesh Nayak

Scalar boson stars have attracted attention as simple models for exploring the nonlinear dynamics of a large class of ultra compact and black hole mimicking objects. Here, we study the impact of interactions in the scalar matter making up…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-14 Nils Siemonsen , William E. East

Differentially rotating scalarized neutron stars, mimickers of binary merger remnants, can possess an enormous angular momentum larger than what could possibly be sustained in a neutron star in general relativity by about one order of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-07 Alan Tsz-Lok Lam , Kalin V. Staykov , Hao-Jui Kuan , Daniela D. Doneva , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev

The coalescence of two neutron stars is an important gravitational wave source for LIGO and other detectors. Numerous studies have considered the precision with which binary parameters (masses, spins, Love numbers) can be measured. Here I…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-03-19 Marc Favata

Using time evolutions of the relevant linearised equations we study non-axisymmetric oscillations of rapidly rotating and superfluid neutron stars. We consider perturbations of Newtonian axisymmetric background configurations and account…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Andrea Passamonti , Brynmor Haskell , Nils Andersson

We describe a method of implementing the axisymmetric evolution of general-relativistic hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics through modification of a multipatch grid scheme. In order to ease the computational requirements required to…

Hydrodynamical simulations of the last inspiral stages and the final coalescence of a double neutron star system are used to investigate the power of the neutrino-driven wind, the energy and momentum of the fireball produced via $\nu…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Stephan Rosswog , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

White dwarf-neutron star binaries generate detectable gravitational radiation. We construct Newtonian equilibrium models of corotational white dwarf-neutron star (WDNS) binaries in circular orbit and find that these models terminate at the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-04-22 Vasileios Paschalidis , Morgan MacLeod , Thomas W. Baumgarte , Stuart L. Shapiro

We present 3D hydrodynamical simulations of a jet launched from the secondary star of a binary system inside a proto-planetary nebula. The secondary star moves around the primary in a close eccentric orbit. From the gasdynamic simulations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Sinhue A. R. Haro-Corzo , Pablo F. Velazquez , Alejandro C. Raga , Angels Riera , Primoz Kajdic

We present a fast method for obtaining fully analytical approximations for gravitational waveforms produced by merging of neutron stars and/or black holes for the earliest stages of the merger process. The obtained analytical formula is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-04 Aleksandra V. Mishakina , Sergei I. Blinnikov

The first detection of gravitational waves from a merging double neutron star (DNS) binary implies a much higher rate of DNS coalescences in the local Universe than typically estimated on theoretical grounds. The recent study by Chruslinska…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-19 Martyna Chruslinska