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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Observation of gravitational waves from two neutron star–black hole coalescences

R Abbott, TD Abbott, S Abraham… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org

Comprehensive nucleosynthesis analysis for ejecta of compact binary mergers

O Just, A Bauswein, RA Pulpillo… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present the first comprehensive study of r-process element nucleosynthesis in the ejecta
of compact binary mergers (CBMs) and their relic black hole (BH)–torus systems. The …

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 …

Mass ejection from the merger of binary neutron stars

K Hotokezaka, K Kiuchi, K Kyutoku, H Okawa… - Physical Review D …, 2013 - APS
Numerical-relativity simulations for the merger of binary neutron stars are performed for a
variety of equations of state (EOSs) and for a plausible range of the neutron-star mass …

I-Love-Q relations in neutron stars and their applications to astrophysics,<? format?> gravitational waves, and fundamental physics

K Yagi, N Yunes - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2013 - APS
The exterior gravitational field of a slowly rotating neutron star can be characterized by its
multipole moments, the first few being the neutron star mass, moment of inertia, 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 …

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 …

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 …