"Binary Neutron Star Mergers"
by
Joshua A. Faber and Frederic A. Rasio
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Abstract
1
Introduction
2
Evolutionary Channels and Population Estimates
3
Stages of a Binary Merger
3.1
Comparison to BH-NS mergers
3.2
Qualitative numerical results
4
Initial Data and Quasi-Equilibrium Results
4.1
Overview
4.2
Quasi-equilibrium formalisms
4.3
Numerical implementations
4.4
Quasi-equilibrium and pre-merger simulations
5
Dynamical Calculations: Numerical Techniques
5.1
Overview: General relativistic (magneto-)hydrodynamics and microphysical treatments
5.2
GR numerical techniques
5.3
Microphysical numerical techniques
5.4
Electromagnetic and neutrino signature modeling
5.5
GW signal modeling
6
Dynamical Calculations
6.1
Quasi-equilibrium and semi-analytic methods vs fully dynamical results
6.2
Early dynamical calculations
6.3
Approximate relativistic schemes
6.4
Full GR calculations
6.5
Simulations including microphysics
6.6
Comparison to BH-NS merger results
7
Summary and Likely Future Directions
8
Acknowledgements
A
Field evolution equations
B
GR Hydrodynamical and MHD equations
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