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Astrophysics, Gravitation and Cosmology Seminar - Rosella Gamba (Friedrich-Schiller University Jena (Germany)) "Gravitational waves from binary neutron stars: current modelling and future prospects"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Department of Physics
Location
Loomis 464
Date
Sep 21, 2022   12:00 pm  
Speaker
Rosella Gamba
Contact
Brandy Koebbe
E-Mail
bkoebbe@illinois.edu
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Physics - Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar

Gravitational-wave signals from binary neutron star coalescences carry information about the star's equation of state (EoS) in their tidal signatures. To be able to extract this crucial knowledge from LIGO/Virgo data, waveform models need to accurately describe tidal interactions. In this talk I will summarize how matter effects are included in state of the art models for inspiral and postmerger waveforms. I will then discuss the prospects of constraining the EoS with next generation detectors, and argue that current inspiral models -- including those from numerical relativity -- are insufficient to unequivocally infer EoS constraints from Gravitational wave parameter estimation from the loudest (and potentially most informative) events.

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