Binary neutron stars: inspiral and merger

Inspiral and merger of equal-mass relativistic neutron stars

Inspiraling neutron stars merge and form a black hole. High-mass, polytropic equation of state.

Credits:
L. Baiotti, B. Giacomazzo (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), L. Rezzolla (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics & Institute for Theoretical Physics, Frankfurt), R. Kähler (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics & Zuse Institute Berlin)

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