Kilonovae

BD Metzger - Living reviews in relativity, 2017 - Springer
The mergers of double neutron star (NS–NS) and black hole (BH)–NS binaries are
promising gravitational wave (GW) sources for Advanced LIGO and future GW detectors. The …

Kilonovae

BD Metzger - Living Reviews in Relativity, 2020 - Springer
The coalescence of double neutron star (NS–NS) and black hole (BH)–NS binaries are
prime sources of gravitational waves (GW) for Advanced LIGO/Virgo and future ground …

Upper limits on the isotropic gravitational-wave background from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo's third observing run

R Abbott, TD Abbott, S Abraham, F Acernese, K Ackley… - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
We report results of a search for an isotropic gravitational-wave background (GWB) using
data from Advanced LIGO's and Advanced Virgo's third observing run (O3) combined with …

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 …

Remnant baryon mass in neutron star-black hole mergers: Predictions for binary neutron star mimickers and rapidly spinning black holes

F Foucart, T Hinderer, S Nissanke - Physical Review D, 2018 - APS
Gravitational-wave (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) signals from the merger of a neutron star
(NS) and a black hole (BH) are a highly anticipated discovery. We present a simple formula …

Estimates for disk and ejecta masses produced in compact binary mergers

CJ Krüger, F Foucart - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
There is irresistible observational evidence that binary systems of compact objects with at
least one neutron star are progenitors of short gamma-ray bursts, as well as a production …

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 …

The electromagnetic counterparts of compact binary mergers

E Nakar - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Mergers of binaries consisting of two neutron stars, or a black hole and a neutron star, offer a
unique opportunity to study a range of physical and astrophysical processes using two …

Impact of ejecta morphology and composition on the electromagnetic signatures of neutron star mergers

RT Wollaeger, O Korobkin, CJ Fontes… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The electromagnetic transients accompanying compact binary mergers (γ-ray bursts,
afterglows and 'macronovae') are crucial to pinpoint the sky location of gravitational wave …

Signatures of hypermassive neutron star lifetimes on r-process nucleosynthesis in the disc ejecta from neutron star mergers

J Lippuner, R Fernández, LF Roberts… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the nucleosynthesis of heavy elements in the winds ejected by accretion
discs formed in neutron star mergers. We compute the element formation in disc outflows …