PIRSA:23020029

Hypermassive neutron stars: from numerical relativity simulations to gamma-ray data

Chirenti, C. (2023). Hypermassive neutron stars: from numerical relativity simulations to gamma-ray data. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/23020029

Chirenti, Cecilia. Hypermassive neutron stars: from numerical relativity simulations to gamma-ray data. Perimeter Institute, Mar. 09, 2023, https://pirsa.org/23020029 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:23020029,
            doi = {10.48660/23020029},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/23020029},
            author = {Chirenti, Cecilia},
            keywords = {Strong Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Hypermassive neutron stars: from numerical relativity simulations to gamma-ray data},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2023},
            month = {mar},
            note = {PIRSA:23020029 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Cecilia Chirenti

Universidade Federal do ABC

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Gamma ray bursts (GRBs) are the most luminous electromagnetic events in the universe. Short GRBs, typically lasting less than 2 seconds, have already been associated with binary neutron star (BNS) mergers, which are also sources of gravitational waves (GWs). The ultimate fate of a BNS, after coalescence, is usually expected to be a black hole (BH) with 2-3 solar masses. However, numerical relativity simulations indicate the possible formation of a short-lived hypermassive neutron star (HMNS), lasting for tens to hundreds of milliseconds after the BNS merger and before gravitational collapse forms a BH. The HMNS is expected to emit GWs with kHz frequencies that will be detectable by third generation ground-based GW detectors in the 2030s. I will present results from a recent analysis that revealed evidence for HMNSs by looking for kHz quasiperiodic oscillations in gamma-ray observations obtained in the 1990s with the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.

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