Kilonova Emissions from Neutron Star Merger Remnants: Implications for Nuclear Equation of State

Multi-messenger observation of binary neutron-star mergers can provide valuable information on the nuclear equation of state (EoS). Here, we investigate to which extent electromagnetic observations of the associated kilonovae allow us to place constraints on the EoS. For this, we use state-of-the-ar...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-08
Main Authors: Lund, Kelsey A, Somasundaram, Rahul, McLaughlin, Gail C, Miller, Jonah M, Mumpower, Matthew R, Tews, Ingo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accretion disks
Binary stars
Equations of state
Kilonovae
Light curve
Magnetic properties
Magnetohydrodynamic simulation
Magnetohydrodynamics
Neutron stars
Nuclear fusion
Star mergers
Stellar evolution
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Summary:Multi-messenger observation of binary neutron-star mergers can provide valuable information on the nuclear equation of state (EoS). Here, we investigate to which extent electromagnetic observations of the associated kilonovae allow us to place constraints on the EoS. For this, we use state-of-the-art three-dimensional general-relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics simulations and detailed nucleosynthesis modeling to connect properties of observed light curves to properties of the accretion disk, and hence, the EoS. Using our general approach, we use multi-messenger observations of GW170817/AT2017gfo to study the impact of various sources of uncertainty on inferences of the EoS. We constrain the radius of a \(\rm{1.4 M_\odot}\) neutron star to lie within \(\rm{10.19\leq R_{1.4}\leq 13.0}\)~km and the maximum mass to be \(\rm{M_{TOV}\leq 3.06 M_\odot}\).
ISSN:2331-8422