C Markakis et al 2009 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 189 012024 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/189/1/012024
Neutron star equation of state via gravitational wave observations
C Markakis1, J S Read2, M Shibata3, K Ury
4, J D E Creighton1, J L Friedman1 and B D Lackey1
Gravitational wave observations can potentially measure properties of neutron star equations of state by measuring departures from the point-particle limit of the gravitational waveform produced in the late inspiral of a neutron star binary. Numerical simulations of inspiraling neutron star binaries computed for equations of state with varying stiffness are compared. As the stars approach their final plunge and merger, the gravitational wave phase accumulates more rapidly if the neutron stars are more compact. This suggests that gravitational wave observations at frequencies around 1 kHz will be able to measure a compactness parameter and place stringent bounds on possible neutron star equations of state. Advanced laser interferometric gravitational wave observatories will be able to tune their frequency band to optimize sensitivity in the required frequency range to make sensitive measures of the late-inspiral phase of the coalescence.
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95.30.Sf Relativity and gravitation
04.80.Nn Gravitational wave detectors and experiments
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Issue 1 (2009)
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Neutron star equation of state via gravitational wave observations
C Markakis et al 2009 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 189 012024
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