Masses, radii, and the equation of state of neutron stars

F Özel, P Freire - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2016 - annualreviews.org
We summarize our current knowledge of neutron-star masses and radii. Recent
instrumentation and computational advances have resulted in a rapid increase in the …

Binary neutron star mergers: a review of Einstein's richest laboratory

L Baiotti, L Rezzolla - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In a single process, the merger of binary neutron star systems combines extreme gravity, the
copious emission of gravitational waves, complex microphysics and electromagnetic …

GWTC-3: Compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the second part of the third observing run

R Abbott, TD Abbott, F Acernese, K Ackley, C Adams… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
The third Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC-3) describes signals detected with
Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo up to the end of their third observing run. Updating the …

[HTML][HTML] GW190425: Observation of a compact binary coalescence with total mass∼ 3.4 M⊙

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The first observation of gravitational waves from the inspiral of a binary neutron star (BNS)
200 system on 2017 August 17 (Abbott et al. 2017b) was a major landmark in multi …

Formation of double neutron star systems

TM Tauris, M Kramer, PCC Freire, N Wex… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Double neutron star (DNS) systems represent extreme physical objects and the endpoint of
an exotic journey of stellar evolution and binary interactions. Large numbers of DNS systems …

The overarching framework of core-collapse supernova explosions as revealed by 3D fornax simulations

A Burrows, D Radice, D Vartanyan… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We have conducted 19 state-of-the-art 3D core-collapse supernova simulations spanning a
broad range of progenitor masses. This is the largest collection of sophisticated 3D …

The NANOGrav nine-year data set: mass and geometric measurements of binary millisecond pulsars

E Fonseca, TT Pennucci, JA Ellis, IH Stairs… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze 24 binary radio pulsars in the North American Nanohertz Observatory for
Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) nine-year data set. We make 14 significant measurements …

Progenitors of gravitational wave mergers: binary evolution with the stellar grid-based code ComBinE

MU Kruckow, TM Tauris, N Langer… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The first gravitational wave detections of mergers between black holes and neutron stars
represent a remarkable new regime of high-energy transient astrophysics. The signals …

On the formation history of Galactic double neutron stars

A Vigna-Gómez, CJ Neijssel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Double neutron stars (DNSs) have been observed as Galactic radio pulsars, and the recent
discovery of gravitational waves from the DNS merger GW170817 adds to the known DNS …

[HTML][HTML] Model comparison from LIGO–Virgo data on GW170817's binary components and consequences for the merger remnant

BP Abbott, R Abbott, TD Abbott… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
GW170817 is the very first observation of gravitational waves originating from the
coalescence of two compact objects in the mass range of neutron stars, accompanied by …