Speaker
Sebastiano Bernuzzi
(PR)
Description
Gravitational waves from neutron star collisions carry key information about matter at extreme densities. Advanced LIGO and Virgo can, for example, constrain the properties of zero-temperature neutron star's equation of state by estimating the tidal polarizability coefficients that parametrize the neutron stars' tidal interactions in the inspiral-merger phase. Third generation detectors might also probe higher densities and temperatures by taking advantage of the enhanced sensitivity at kiloHertz frequencies and detecting signals from the merger remnant.
I will talk about the realization of such measurements from a theoretical point of view. In particular, I will discuss recent advances in the modeling of strong-field dynamics and radiation from neutron star collision in general relativity. Prospects and open problems for third-generation detectors will be discussed.
Primary author
Sebastiano Bernuzzi
(PR)
