GW1 - Sources of Gravitational Waves |
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Speaker |
Read, Jocelyn |
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Co-autors |
Tanja Hinderer, Benjamin D. Lackey |
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Talk Title |
Love numbers and tidal deformation for realistic neutron star equations of state |
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Abstract |
The tidal deformability of a neutron star is determined by the equation of state of matter within the star. During the early inspiral of a double neutron star binary, this deformability can be characterized by a single parameter, $\lambda$, related to the mass, radius, and Love numbers of the neutron stars. This parameter is determined by the equation of state for a given mass and mass ratio. I will discuss the calculation $\lambda$ for realistic neutron star equation of state tables, and the accuracy to which observations in advanced ground-based gravitational wave detectors could discriminate between candidate equations of state. |
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