Probing the neutron star equation of state with gravitational wave detectors

Frederic A. Rasio; Joshua A. Faber

doi:10.1117/12.459021

26 February 2003 Probing the neutron star equation of state with gravitational wave detectors

Frederic A. Rasio, Joshua A. Faber

Proceedings Volume 4856, Gravitational-Wave Detection; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459021
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

Coalescing binary neutron stars (NS) are expected to be an important source of gravitational waves detectable by laser interferometers. We discuss recent theoretical work on the hydrodynamics of NS binary mergers and possible methods for determining the NS compactness ratio M/R and constraining the equation of state of dense nuclear matter using gravitational wave signals. One particularly simple and promising method is based on the properties of quasi-equilibrium binary NS sequences and does no require full hydrodynamic merger calculations.

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Frederic A. Rasio and Joshua A. Faber "Probing the neutron star equation of state with gravitational wave detectors", Proc. SPIE 4856, Gravitational-Wave Detection, (26 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459021

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