2020/04/30 by Sebastiano Bernuzzi · 120 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Binary number #Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution #Electromagnetic radiation #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #General relativity #Gravitational wave #Interpretation (philosophy) #Neutron star #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Theory of relativity #astro-ph.HE #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10714-020-02752-5
published in General Relativity and Gravitation 52(11), 108 (Springer Science+Business Media) · 40 pages, 9 figures, 305 references. Invited review for the Topical Collection on Binary Neutron Star mergers of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation. Fixed few references
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Abstract Binary neutron star mergers observations are a unique way to constrain fundamental physics and astrophysics at the extreme. The interpretation of gravitational-wave events and their electromagnetic counterparts crucially relies on general-relativistic models of the merger remnants. Quantitative models can be obtained only by means of numerical relativity simulations in 3+1 <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> dimensions including detailed input physics for the nuclear matter, electromagnetic and weak interactions. This review summarizes the current understanding of merger remnants focusing on some of the aspects that are relevant for multimessenger observations.