BN3 - Double Neutron Stars and Neutron Star-White Dwarf Binaries |
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Mandel, Ilya |
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Prospects for Binary Neutron Star Observations with Advanced Gravitational-wave Detectors |
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Advanced ground-based gravitational-wave detectors are scheduled to begin taking data later this year. As sensitivities continue to improve, we expect to not only observe gravitational waves from coalescing binary neutron stars (among other sources), but also to extract binary parameters, such as component masses and spins, from their gravitational-wave signatures. In this talk, I will address three key questions: (1) How often might we expect to observe binary neutron stars? (2) How accurately can we expect to extract the parameters of individual systems from gravitational-wave data? and (3) How can we use multiple observations to study the population of merging binaries and probe the astrophysics of their formation and evolution? |
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