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Main Authors: Jain, Tamanna, Agathos, Michalis
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.12126
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author Jain, Tamanna
Agathos, Michalis
author_facet Jain, Tamanna
Agathos, Michalis
contents The gravitational-wave signal GW170817 is a result of a binary neutron star coalescence event. The observations of electromagnetic counterparts suggest that the event didn't led to the prompt formation of a black-hole. In this work, we first classify the GW170817 LIGO-Virgo data sample into prompt collapse to a black-hole using the $q$-dependent threshold mass fits and then remove these cases from the data sample. We find that the cases without a prompt black-hole formation do not support radii $ <$ 10 km unlike the LIGO-Virgo data sample. This is consistent with the maximum mass constraint, based on the binary pulsar J0348+0432, imposed LIGO-Virgo data sample. Additionally, we find that the cases without the prompt collapse to a black-hole improve the uncertainty range of neutron star radii from 3.3 km to 2.6 km for the data sample without the mass constraint and from 2.8 km to 2.5 km for the data sample with the mass constraint, implying improved constraints on the neutron star radii and hence the equation-of-state.
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spellingShingle Improving inference on neutron star properties using information from binary merger remnants
Jain, Tamanna
Agathos, Michalis
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
The gravitational-wave signal GW170817 is a result of a binary neutron star coalescence event. The observations of electromagnetic counterparts suggest that the event didn't led to the prompt formation of a black-hole. In this work, we first classify the GW170817 LIGO-Virgo data sample into prompt collapse to a black-hole using the $q$-dependent threshold mass fits and then remove these cases from the data sample. We find that the cases without a prompt black-hole formation do not support radii $ <$ 10 km unlike the LIGO-Virgo data sample. This is consistent with the maximum mass constraint, based on the binary pulsar J0348+0432, imposed LIGO-Virgo data sample. Additionally, we find that the cases without the prompt collapse to a black-hole improve the uncertainty range of neutron star radii from 3.3 km to 2.6 km for the data sample without the mass constraint and from 2.8 km to 2.5 km for the data sample with the mass constraint, implying improved constraints on the neutron star radii and hence the equation-of-state.
title Improving inference on neutron star properties using information from binary merger remnants
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.12126