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SUMMARY:Neutron stars as gravitational-wave sources: dense matter and stel
 lar mass - Jocelyn Read (California State University\, Fullerton)
DTSTART:20210616T150000Z
DTEND:20210616T160000Z
UID:TALK159736@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Scott Melville
DESCRIPTION:Astronomical observations of neutron stars inform our understa
 nding of matter at the highest densities.  Already\, we have used the grav
 itational-wave data of GW170817 - the first signal from merging neutron st
 ars - to constrain the equation of state of dense matter in neutron stars.
  The heavy neutron-star merger GW190425 indicated that the gravitational-w
 ave population may include heavier stars not previously observed in galact
 ic double neutron star binaries. For distant sources\, the distribution of
  masses in neutron-star mergers will be a key observable in the coming yea
 rs of gravitational-wave astronomy. In this talk\, I will discuss methods 
 being used to explore matter and mass properties for LIGO/Virgo neutron st
 ars. I will discuss how these results fit with other neutron-star observat
 ions\, outline prospects of learning about matter in the current Advanced-
 detector era\, and extrapolate to the potential of next-generation gravita
 tional-wave observatories to map the phase diagram of dense neutron-rich m
 atter and the endpoints of stellar evolution.
LOCATION:ONLINE - Details to be sent by email
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