Speaker
Valeria Ferrari
(ROMA1)
Description
Gravitational waves emitted by neutron stars in a variety of astrophysical
processes carry information on the equation of state (EoS) of nuclear
matter prevailing in their inner core. For instance, the EoS imprint is encoded
in the frequencies at which a neutron star oscillates emitting gravitational
waves, or in the tidal deformability parameter which affects the waveform emitted
during the latest phases of a binary coalescence. I will discuss our
current understanding of the most interesting processes, and the challenges that
need to be met if we want to use gravitational waves to probe neutron star physics.
