Figure 9

Figure 9: Approximate energy spectrum dEGW ∕df derived from QE sequences of equal-mass NS-NS binaries with isolated ADM masses MNS = 1.35M ⊙ and a Γ = 2 EOS, but varying compactnesses (denoted M ∕R here), originally described in [303]. The diagonal lines show the energy spectrum corresponding to a point-mass binary, as well as values with 90%, 75%, and 50% of the power at a given frequency. Asterisks indicate the onset of mass-shedding, beyond which QE results are no longer valid. Image reproduced by permission from Figure 2 of [98], copyright by APS.