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Can we constrain the binary neutron star merger time from kilonova light curves?
Noah Jamsin, Marion Pillas, Marko Ristić +18
The joint observation of gravitational waves (GWs) from a binary neutron star (BNS) merger (GW170817), together with a short Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB 170817A) and a kilonova (KN, AT201…
Scalable and sequential inference of the neutron star equation of state with the Einstein Telescope
Thibeau Wouters, Thomas C. K. Ng, Hauke Koehn +4
Future gravitational-wave observatories such as the Einstein Telescope will detect tens of thousands of binary neutron star mergers per year, making gravitational waves a dominant…
Extending multi-messenger constraints on neutron star matter through the inclusion of direct Urca cooling
M. Dio Danarianto, Guilherme Grams, Thibeau Wouters +1
The properties and behavior of strongly interacting matter at extreme densities can not only be determined through terrestrial experiments or through theoretical considerations, bu…
Binary neutron stars in the next-generation era: Multi-messenger detection prospects and constraints on the equation of state, mass distribution, and cosmology
Hauke Koehn, Thibeau Wouters, Gilad Sadeh +5
Next-generation gravitational-wave (GW) observatories will provide crucial insights into the nature of neutron star (NS) matter and the cosmological expansion history. We estimate…
Ab Initio Real-Time Gravitational-Wave Parameter Estimation
David Yallup, Metha Prathaban, James Alvey +4
We present a specialised GPU-native nested sampling kernel targeting rapid parameter estimation for gravitational wave inference problems. Building upon a Slice-within-Gibbs (SwiG)…
nmma: An extended Bayesian framework for Nuclear Multimessenger Astronomy in the Era of Next-Generation Detectors
Henrik Rose, Hauke Koehn, Thibeau Wouters +4
Context. The joint analysis of different (astro-)physical messengers, in particular gravitational-wave data and electromagnetic follow-up observations, allows us to establish, expl…
Impact of the Einstein Telescope's duty cycle on the estimation of binary black holes parameters
Luca Negri, Thomas C. K. Ng, Thibeau Wouters +13
The geometry of the Einstein Telescope, the proposed next-generation European gravitational-wave observatory, is yet to be finalized. Two competing designs are under consideration:…
Detecting Tidal Resonances in Binary Neutron Stars
Fabian Gittins, Harsh Narola, Thibeau Wouters +3
As a binary neutron star inspirals due to the emission of gravitational waves, the rising tidal frequency resonantly excites vibrational modes. These oscillations are seismological…
Incorporating neutron star physics into gravitational wave inference with physics-informed priors using normalizing flows
Thibeau Wouters, Peter T. H. Pang, Tim Dietrich +1
Bayesian inference, widely used in gravitational-wave parameter estimation, depends on the choice of priors, i.e., on our previously existing knowledge. However, to investigate neu…
AT2025ulz and S250818k: Investigating early time observations of a subsolar mass gravitational-wave binary neutron star merger candidate
Xander J. Hall, Malte Busmann, Hauke Koehn +32
Over the past LIGO--Virgo--KAGRA (LVK) observing runs, it has become increasingly clear that identifying the next electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational-wave (GW) neutron st…
Analyzing GW231109_235456 and understanding its potential implications for population studies, nuclear physics, and multi-messenger astronomy
Thibeau Wouters, Anna Puecher, Peter T. H. Pang +1
We study the gravitational-wave trigger GW231109_235456, a sub-threshold binary neutron star merger candidate observed in the first part of the fourth observing run of the LIGO-Vir…
Efficient Bayesian analysis of kilonovae and gamma ray burst afterglows with fiesta
Hauke Koehn, Thibeau Wouters, Peter T. H. Pang +4
Gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows and kilonovae (KNe) are electromagnetic transients that can accompany binary neutron star (BNS) mergers. Therefore, studying their emission process…
Revealing tensions in neutron star observations with pressure anisotropy
Peter T. H. Pang, Stephanie M. Brown, Thibeau Wouters +1
Pressure isotropy, i.e., equality between radial and tangential pressure, is often assumed when studying neutron stars. However, mechanisms such as pion/kaon condensation, magnetic…
Leveraging differentiable programming in the inverse problem of neutron stars
Thibeau Wouters, Peter T. H. Pang, Hauke Koehn +5
Neutron stars (NSs) probe the high-density regime of the nuclear equation of state (EOS). However, inferring the EOS from observations of NSs is a computationally challenging task.…
Limits on the Ejecta Mass During the Search for Kilonovae Associated with Neutron Star-Black Hole Mergers: A case study of S230518h, GW230529, S230627c and the Low-Significance Candidate S240422ed
M. Pillas, S. Antier, K. Ackley +78
Neutron star-black hole (NSBH) mergers, detectable via their gravitational-wave (GW) emission, are expected to produce kilonovae (KNe). Four NSBH candidates have been identified an…
Employing deep-learning techniques for the conservative-to-primitive recovery in binary neutron star simulations
Ranjith Mudimadugula, Federico Schianchi, Anna Neuweiler +3
The detection of GW170817, together with its electromagnetic counterparts, has proven that binary neutron star mergers are of central importance to the field of nuclear astrophysic…
Spiral waves speed up cell cycle oscillations in the frog cytoplasm
Daniel Cebrián-Lacasa, Liliana Piñeros, Arno Vanderbeke +5
Spiral waves are a well-known phenomenon in excitable media, playing critical roles in biological systems such as cardiac tissues, where they are involved in arrhythmias, and in sl…
Null Stream Based Third-generation-ready Glitch Mitigation for Gravitational Wave Measurements
Harsh Narola, Thibeau Wouters, Luca Negri +10
Gravitational Wave (GW) detectors routinely encounter transient noise bursts, known as glitches, which are caused by either instrumental or environmental factors. Due to their high…
Accelerated Bayesian parameter estimation and model selection for gravitational waves with normalizing flows
Alicja Polanska, Thibeau Wouters, Peter T. H. Pang +2
We present an accelerated pipeline, based on high-performance computing techniques and normalizing flows, for joint Bayesian parameter estimation and model selection and demonstrat…
Data-driven approach for modeling the temporal and spectral evolution of kilonova systematic uncertainties
Sahil Jhawar, Thibeau Wouters, Peter T. H. Pang +3
Kilonovae, possible electromagnetic counterparts to neutron star mergers, provide important information about high-energy transient phenomena and, in principle, also allow us to ob…
Probe and Prejudice: Classification of compact objects and model comparison using EOS knowledge
Hauke Koehn, Thibeau Wouters, Henrik Rose +4
Nuclear theory and experiments, alongside astrophysical observations, constrain the equation of state (EOS) of supranuclear-dense matter. Conversely, knowledge of the EOS allows an…
Robust parameter estimation within minutes on gravitational wave signals from binary neutron star inspirals
Thibeau Wouters, Peter T. H. Pang, Tim Dietrich +1
The gravitational waves emitted by binary neutron star inspirals contain information on nuclear matter above saturation density. However, extracting this information and conducting…
Multi-band analyses of the bright GRB 230812B and the associated SN2023pel
T. Hussenot-Desenonges, T. Wouters, N. Guessoum +109
GRB~230812B is a bright and relatively nearby () long gamma-ray burst (GRB) that has generated significant interest in the community and has thus been observed over the en…