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Title: Critical examination of constraints on the equation of state of dense matter obtained from GW170817

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C
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  1. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United State; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
  2. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United State; Univ. de Lyon (France)

The correlation of the tidal polarizabilities Λ1 - Λ2 for GW170817 is predicted by combining dense-matter equations of state (EOSs) that satisfy nuclear physics constraints with the chirp mass and mass asymmetry for this event. Our models are constrained by calculations of the neutron-matter EOS using chiral effective field theory Hamiltonians with reliable error estimates up to once or twice the nuclear saturation density. In the latter case, we find that GW170817 does not improve our understanding of the EOS. We contrast two distinct extrapolations to higher density: a minimal model (MM) which assumes that the EOS is a smooth function of density described by a Taylor expansion and a more general model parametrized by the speed of sound that admits phase transitions. This allows us to identify regions in the Λ1 - Λ2 plots that could favor the existence of new phases of matter in neutron stars. We predict the combined tidal polarizability of the two neutron stars in GW170817 to be 80 ≤ $$\tilde{Λ}$$ ≤ 580 ( 280 ≤$$\tilde{Λ}$$ ≤ 480 for the MM), which is smaller than the range suggested by the LIGO-Virgo data analysis. Our analysis also shows that GW170817 requires a NS with M = 1.4 M to have a radius 9.0 km < R1.4 < 13.6 km ( 11.3 km < R1.4 < 13.6 km for the MM).

Research Organization:
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-00ER41132
OSTI ID:
1609316
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1478590
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Vol. 98, Issue 4; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 192 works
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