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Merging neutron star binaries: equation of state and electrodynamics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2013

Dong Lai
Dong Lai*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA email: dong@astro.cornell.edu
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Merging neutron star (NS) binaries may be detected by ground-based gravitational wave (GW) interferometers (e.g. LIGO/VIRGO) within this decade and may also generate electromagnetic radiation detectable by wide-field, fast imaging telescopes that are coming online. The GWs can provide new constraint on the NS equation of state (including mass-radius relation and the related nuclear symmetry energy). This paper reviews various hydrodynamical and electrodynamical processes in coalescing NS binaries, with focus on the pre-merger phase.

Keywords

pulsars – neutron stars – gravitational waves – binaries
Type
Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S291: Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years , August 2012 , pp. 149 - 154
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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