Speaker
Description
The first detection of gravitational waves from a merging neutron star
binary system and the accompanying observations of electromagnetic
counterparts in 2017 demonstrated the enormous potential of
multi-messenger astronomy for understanding the properties of
ultra-dense matter. Neutron stars --relict of the gravitational
collapse and subsequent supernova explosion of a massive star at the
end of his life-- comprise the highest densities of matter that can
stably exist in the Universe. During this talk, I will discuss the
possibilities for insights on matter under these extreme conditions
from future detections of the gravitational wave signals emitted from
events involving neutron stars. In particular, results will be
shown illustrating the capacity of multi-messenger observations to
give us hints about a possible phase transition in neutron star
matter.
