Neutron Star Mergers: Probing the EoS of Hot, Dense Matter by Gravitational Waves
Abstract
Gravitational waves, electromagnetic radiation, and the emission of high energy particles probe the phase structure of the equation of state of dense matter produced at the crossroad of the closely related relativistic collisions of heavy ions and of binary neutron stars mergers. 3 + 1 dimensional special- and general relativistic hydrodynamic simulation studies reveal a unique window of opportunity to observe phase transitions in compressed baryon matter by laboratory based experiments and by astrophysical multimessenger observations. The astrophysical consequences of a hadron-quark phase transition in the interior of a compact star will be focused within this article. Especially with a future detection of the post-merger gravitational wave emission emanated from a binary neutron star merger event, it would be possible to explore the phase structure of quantum chromodynamics. The astrophysical observables of a hadron-quark phase transition in a single compact star system and binary hybrid star merger scenario will be summarized within this article. The FAIR facility at GSI Helmholtzzentrum allows one to study the universe in the laboratory, and several astrophysical signatures of the quark-gluon plasma have been found in relativistic collisions of heavy ions and will be explored in future experiments.
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© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). (This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from "The Modern Physics of Compact Stars and Relativistic Gravity 2017") We would like to thank Luciano Rezzolla. Without his profound knowledge and his comprehensive expertise in the field of numerical relativity and general relativistic hydrodynamics, this article and the simulations herein would not have been possible. Additionally, we would like to thank Glòria Montaña and Laura Tolos for valuable discussions. M.H. acknowledges support from Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) and the Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP) at the Goethe University in Frankfurt. The support from European COST Actions "NewCompStar" (MP1304) and "PHAROS" (CA16214) and the LOEWE-Program of Helmholtz International Center for FAIR of the state of Hesse (Germany) is gratefully acknowledged. Author Contributions. Conceptualization, M.H. and H.S.; Methodology, M.H. and H.S.; Investigation, M.H., J.S., A.M., L.B., E.R.M., L.J.P., S.S. and V.V.; Writing—Original Draft Preparation, M.H.; Writing—Review & Editing, M.H., H.S., J.S., A.M. and S.S.; Funding Acquisition, H.S. The authors declare no conflict of interest.Attached Files
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies
- Goethe University Frankfurt
- MP1304
- European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
- CA16214
- European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
- Helmholtz International Center for FAIR
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