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Incorporating a radiative hydrodynamics scheme in the numerical-relativity code BAM

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-07-12 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

To study binary neutron star systems and to interpret observational data such as gravitational-wave and kilonova signals, one needs an accurate description of the processes that take place during the final stages of the coalescence, e.g., through numerical-relativity simulations. In this work, we present an updated version of the numerical-relativity code BAM in order to incorporate nuclear-theory based Equations of State and a simple description of neutrino interactions through a Neutrino Leakage Scheme. Different test simulations, for stars undergoing a neutrino-induced gravitational collapse and for binary neutron stars systems, validate our new implementation. For the binary neutron stars systems, we show that we can evolve stably and accurately distinct microphysical models employing the different equations of state: SFHo, DD2, and the hyperonic BHBΛϕ\Lambda \phi. Overall, our test simulations have good agreement with those reported in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.2206.01337,
  title  = {Incorporating a radiative hydrodynamics scheme in the numerical-relativity code BAM},
  author = {Henrique Gieg and Federico Schianchi and Tim Dietrich and Maximiliano Ujevic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.01337},
  year   = {2022}
}

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28 pages, 14 figures

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