NASA NTRS · 19930035785
Hydrodynamical evolution of coalescing binary neutron stars
Abstract
The hydrodynamics of the final merging of two neutron stars and the corresponding gravitational wave emission is studied in detail. Various test calculations are presented, including the compressible Roche and Darwin problems and the head-on collision of two polytropes. A complete coalescence calculation is presented for the simplest case of two identical neutron stars, represented by Gamma = 2 polytropes, in a circular orbit, with their spins aligned and synchronized with the orbital rotation.
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Rasio, Frederic A., Shapiro, Stuart L.. 1992-12-10. Hydrodynamical evolution of coalescing binary neutron stars. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19930035785
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