Merger and mass ejection of neutron star binaries

M Shibata, K Hotokezaka - Annual Review of Nuclear and …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Mergers of binary neutron stars and black hole–neutron star binaries are among the most
promising sources for ground-based gravitational-wave (GW) detectors and are also high …

The masses and spins of neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes

MC Miller, JM Miller - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
Stellar-mass black holes and neutron stars represent extremes in gravity, density, and
magnetic fields. They therefore serve as key objects in the study of multiple frontiers of …

Impact of massive binary star and cosmic evolution on gravitational wave observations I: black hole–neutron star mergers

FS Broekgaarden, E Berger, CJ Neijssel… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Mergers of black hole–neutron star (BHNS) binaries have now been observed by
gravitational wave (GW) detectors with the recent announcement of GW200105 and …

The Einstein Toolkit: a community computational infrastructure for relativistic astrophysics

F Löffler, J Faber, E Bentivegna, T Bode… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We describe the Einstein Toolkit, a community-driven, freely accessible
computational infrastructure intended for use in numerical relativity, relativistic astrophysics …

Red or blue? A potential kilonova imprint of the delay until black hole formation following a neutron star merger

BD Metzger, R Fernández - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Mergers of binary neutron stars usually result in the formation of a hypermassive neutron
star (HMNS). Whether and when this remnant collapses to a black hole (BH) depends …

Kilonova light curves from the disc wind outflows of compact object mergers

D Kasen, R Fernández… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We study the radioactively powered transients produced by accretion disc winds following a
compact object merger. Based on the outflows found in two-dimensional hydrodynamical …

What is the most promising electromagnetic counterpart of a neutron star binary merger?

BD Metzger, E Berger - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The final inspiral of double neutron star and neutron-star–black-hole binaries are likely to be
detected by advanced networks of ground-based gravitational wave (GW) interferometers …

SciNet: lessons learned from building a power-efficient top-20 system and data centre

C Loken, D Gruner, L Groer, R Peltier… - Journal of physics …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
SciNet, one of seven regional HPC consortia operating under the Compute Canada
umbrella, runs Canada's first and third fastest computers (as of June 2010) in a state-of-the …

General-relativistic neutrino-radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulation of seconds-long black hole-neutron star mergers

K Hayashi, S Fujibayashi, K Kiuchi, K Kyutoku… - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
Seconds-long numerical-relativity simulations for black hole–neutron star mergers are
performed for the first time to obtain a self-consistent picture of the merger and post-merger …

Delayed outflows from black hole accretion tori following neutron star binary coalescence

R Fernández, BD Metzger - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Expulsion of neutron-rich matter following the merger of neutron star binaries is crucial to the
radioactively powered electromagnetic counterparts of these events and to their relevance …