{"id":791,"date":"2022-08-19T12:33:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techfragments.com\/?p=791"},"modified":"2022-08-23T16:24:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T20:24:46","slug":"neutron-star-mergers-to-add-gravitational-wave-detection-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techfragments.com\/neutron-star-mergers-to-add-gravitational-wave-detection-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Neutron Star Mergers To Add Gravitational Wave Detection Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Knowledge of gravitational waves<\/a> may get a boost from new work on the oscillations in binary neutron stars before merging. These novel vibrations, induced by the interplay between tidal fields of the two stars as they approach each other, were the subject of a recent paper by researchers at the University of Birmingham.<\/p>\n

Taking these movements into consideration could make a significant difference to our understanding of the data taken by the Advanced LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) and Virgo instruments. The two tools detect gravitational waves \u2014 ripples in time and space \u2014 produced by merging black holes<\/a> and neutron stars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The researchers’ goal is to have a new model prepared for Advanced LIGO’<\/a>s next observing run and even more sophisticated models for the next generation of Advanced LIGO instruments, called A+, to begin their first observing run in 2025.<\/p>\n

Binary Neutron Star Merger Supranuclear Density Physics<\/h2>\n
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A neutron star merger. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center\/CI Lab<\/p><\/div>\n

The first gravitational waves<\/a> were detected by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration in 2016. Since then, scientists have dedicated themselves to progressing their understanding of the massive collisions that create these signals, including the physics of a neutron star at supranuclear densities.<\/p>\n