Source Redshifts from Gravitational-Wave Observations of Binary Neutron Star Mergers

2013/12/28 by C. Messenger, Chris Messenger, Kentaro Takami +4 · 68 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Binary number #Einstein Telescope #Galaxy #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Gravitational redshift #Gravitational wave #Gravitational-wave observatory #Luminosity distance #Neutron star #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Redshift #astro-ph.CO #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevx.4.041004

published in Physical Review X 4(4) (American Physical Society) · 10 pages, 4 figures; same as the version before except for acknowledgments

arxiv created 2013/12/28 · openalex publication_date 2014/10/08 · arxiv updated 2014/10/15 · openalex created_date 2019/06/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Some tests of cosmological models rely on accurate measurements of redshift. A numerical model shows how the gravitational wave signatures of merging neutron stars might provide these crucial measurements.

Citations

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• Short-hard gamma-ray bursts
• Demonstrating the Feasibility of Probing the Neutron-Star Equation of State with Second-Generation Gravitational-Wave Detectors
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• Gravitational waves and non-axisymmetric oscillation modes in mergers of compact object binaries

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