Numerical modelling of gravitational emission from neutron stars: what we can do and what we can't do (yet)
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Prof.Luciano Rezzolla(ITP, Frankfurt, Germany)
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Europe/Stockholm
132:028
132:028
Description
Investigating the final evolution of neutron stars binaries promises to be particularly rewarding. These systems are in fact excellent sources of gravitational waves, they are thought to behind the powerful engines powering short gamma-ray bursts, and they can unveil the behaviour of matter at extreme densities and temperatures. I will review the present understanding in the modelling the inspiral and merger of binary neutron stars in full general relativity, underlining the considerable recent progress both in hydrodynamics and in MHD. I will also highlighting the difficulties that can be encountered when studying these systems and that may call for new approaches in the modelling of the merger of these objects.
