Gravitational-wave signatures of dense matter in neutron star binary inspirals
Gravitational-wave signatures of dense matter in neutron star binary inspirals
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Speaker(s) Tanja Hinderer (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University)
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Please contact erule@berkeley.edu or anupam.ray@berkeley.edu for zoom links.
The gravitational waves from merging binary systems carry unique information about the internal structure of neutron stars. Extracting and interpreting this information requires accurate models based on a detailed understanding of the interplay of matter with nonlinear gravity. I will outline recent progress on going beyond the dominant tidal deformability effects and discuss examples of the impact of incorporating more realistic physics. I will conclude with an outlook onto the remaining challenges and prospects for the coming years, as gravitational-wave science continues to move towards an era of precision physics.
