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General relativistic hydrodynamics of stellar tidal disruptions in Kerr spacetime: methods, validation, and first applications
Diego Calderón, Stephan Rosswog
The disruption of a star by the tidal field of a super-massive black hole may provide insights into dormant and otherwise hard-to-study galactic nuclei. State-of-the-art numerical…
Quantifying the impact of relativistic precession on tidal disruption event light curves
Diego Calderón, Ondřej Pejcha, Brian D. Metzger +2
The tidal field of a black hole can turn a star into a gas stream whose orbit can precess, especially if the a black hole is rapidly spinning. In this work, we investigate the impa…
Robustness of Magnetic Field Amplification in Neutron Star Mergers
Ricard Aguilera-Miret, Jan-Erik Christian, Stephan Rosswog +1
The dynamics of a binary neutron stars merger is governed by physics under the most extreme conditions, including strong spacetime curvature, ultra-high matter densities, luminous…
Prompt Periodicity in the GRB 211211A Precursor: Black-hole or magnetar engine?
Gavin P. Lamb, Thomas Baxter, Conor M. B. Omand +18
The merger origin long GRB 211211A was a class (re-)defining event. A precursor was identified with a s separation from the main burst, as well as a claimed candidate quas…
Fast dynamic ejecta in neutron star mergers
S. Rosswog, N. Sarin, E. Nakar +1
The ejection of neutron-rich matter is one of the most important consequences of a neutron star merger. While the bulk of the matter is ejected at fast, but non-relativistic veloci…
Delayed jet launching in binary neutron star mergers with realistic initial magnetic fields
Ricard Aguilera-Miret, Carlos Palenzuela, Federico Carrasco +2
We analyze a long-lived hyper-massive neutron star merger remnant (post-merger lifetime ms) that has been obtained via large eddy simulations with a gradient subgrid-scale m…
The environment of the binary neutron star merger GW170817
A. J. Levan, J. D. Lyman, N. R. Tanvir +37
We present Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra imaging, combined with Very Large Telescope MUSE integral field spectroscopy of the counterpart and host galaxy of the first binary ne…
Illuminating Gravitational Waves: A Concordant Picture of Photons from a Neutron Star Merger
M. M. Kasliwal, E. Nakar, L. P. Singer +78
Merging neutron stars offer an exquisite laboratory for simultaneously studying strong-field gravity and matter in extreme environments. We establish the physical association of an…
The structure and fate of white dwarf merger remnants
M. Dan, S. Rosswog, M. Brueggen +1
We present a large parameter study where we investigate the structure of white dwarf (WD) merger remnants after the dynamical phase. A wide range of WD masses and compositions are…
Compact binary mergers: an astrophysical perspective
S. Rosswog
This paper reviews the current understanding of double neutron star and neutron star black hole binaries. It addresses mainly (nuclear) astrophysics aspects of compact binary merge…