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Gravitational Physics

Modeling neutron star binaries and gravitational waves with numerical relativity

Speaker: Sebastiano Bernuzzi (Parma University and INFN)
Date: Thursday 27 October 2016
Time: 14.00
Venue: Chart Room (N/3.23)

Neutron stars in binary systems are among the strongest sources of gravitational waves and among the main targets for ground-based gravitational-wave interferometers Advanced LIGO and Virgo. The observation of these events in the gravitational-wave window can provide us with unique information on neutron stars' masses, radii, and spins, including the possibility to set strong constraints on the unknown equation of state of matter at supra nuclear densities. A crucial and necessary step for the development of gravitational-wave astronomy is the precise knowledge of the dynamics of the sources and of the emitted waveforms. I will talk about recent developments on the modeling of gravitational waves from neutron star mergers using numerical simulations in general relativity.