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Dynamical ejecta from precessing neutron star-black hole mergers with a hot, nuclear-theory based equation of state

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العنوان: Dynamical ejecta from precessing neutron star-black hole mergers with a hot, nuclear-theory based equation of state
المؤلفون: Foucart, F., Desai, D., Brege, W., Duez, M. D., Kasen, D., Hemberger, D. A., Kidder, L. E., Pfeiffer, H. P., Scheel, M. A.
المصدر: Classical and Quantum Gravity, 34(4), Art. No. 044002, (2017-02-23)
بيانات النشر: IOP
سنة النشر: 2017
المجموعة: Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology)
الوصف: Neutron star-black hole binaries are among the strongest sources of gravitational waves detectable by current observatories. They can also power bright electromagnetic signals (gamma-ray bursts, kilonovae), and may be a significant source of production of r-process nuclei. A misalignment of the black hole spin with respect to the orbital angular momentum leads to precession of that spin and of the orbital plane, and has a significant effect on the properties of the post-merger remnant and of the material ejected by the merger. We present a first set of simulations of precessing neutron star-black hole mergers using a hot, composition dependent, nuclear-theory based equation of state (DD2). We show that the mass of the remnant and of the dynamical ejecta are broadly consistent with the result of simulations using simpler equations of state, while differences arise when considering the dynamics of the merger and the velocity of the ejecta. We show that the latter can easily be understood from assumptions about the composition of low-density, cold material in the different equations of state, and propose an updated estimate for the ejecta velocity which takes those effects into account. We also present an updated mesh-refinement algorithm which allows us to improve the numerical resolution used to evolve neutron star-black hole mergers. ; © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd. Received 11 November 2016, revised 28 December 2016; Accepted for publication 6 January 2017; Published 20 January 2017. The authors thank Jennifer Barnes, Rodrigo Fernandez, Brian Metzger, Eliot Quataert, Sasha Tchekhovskoy, and the members of the SxS collaboration for helpful discussions over the course of this project. We also thank Francesco Pannarale for providing information about the predicted properties of the final black holes, listed in table 2. Support for this work was provided by NASA through Einstein Postdoctoral Fellowship grant numbered PF4-150122 (FF) awarded by the Chandra X-ray Center, which is operated by the Smithsonian ...
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Relation: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.01159; eprintid:73737
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/aa573b
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aa573b
Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; Other
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.78123E10
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
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DOI:10.1088/1361-6382/aa573b