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The Neutron-Star Equation Of State And Gravitational Waves From Compact Binaries, Benjamin David Lackey
The Neutron-Star Equation Of State And Gravitational Waves From Compact Binaries, Benjamin David Lackey
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The equation of state (EOS) of matter above nuclear density is currently uncertain by almost an order of magnitude. Fortunately, neutron stars (NS) provide an ideal laboratory for studying high density matter. In order to systematize the study of the EOS from NS observations, we introduce a parametrized high-density EOS that accurately fits theoretical candidate EOSs. We then determine the ability of several recent and near-future electromagnetic observations to constrain the parameter space of our EOS. Recent observations include measurements of masses, gravitational redshift, and spin period, and we find that high mass observations are the most useful at constraining …