Numerical relativity simulations of prompt collapse mergers: Threshold mass and phenomenological constraints on neutron star properties after GW170817

Kashyap, Rahul; Das, Abhishek; Radice, David; Padamata, Surendra; Prakash, Aviral; Logoteta, Domenico; Perego, Albino; Godzieba, Daniel A.; Bernuzzi, Sebastiano; Bombaci, Ignazio; Fattoyev, Farrukh J.; Reed, Brendan T.; Schneider, André Silva

doi:10.1103/physrevd.105.103022

Title: Numerical relativity simulations of prompt collapse mergers: Threshold mass and phenomenological constraints on neutron star properties after GW170817

Journal Article · Fri May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Physical Review. D.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.105.103022· OSTI ID:1980085

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Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Univ. di Pisa (Italy); National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Pisa (Italy)
Univ. di Trento (Italy); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Trento (Italy). Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (INFN-TIFPA)
Friedrich Schiller Univ., Jena (Germany)
Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY (United States)
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
Stockholm Univ. (Sweden)

We determine the threshold mass for prompt (no bounce) black hole formation in equal-mass neutron star (NS) mergers using a new set of 227 numerical relativity simulations. We consider 23 phenomenological and microphysical finite-temperature equations of state (EOS), including models with hyperons and first-order phase transitions to deconfined quarks. We confirm the existence of EOS-insensitive relations between the threshold mass, binary tidal parameter at the threshold (Λth), maximum mass of nonrotating NSs, and radii of reference mass NSs. We combine the EOS-insensitive relations, phenomenological constraints on NS properties, and observational data from GW170817 to derive an improved lower limit on radii of maximum mass and a 1.6 M_⊙ NS of 9.81 and 10.90 km, respectively. We also constrain the radius and quadrupolar tidal deformability (Λ) of a 1.4 M_⊙ NS to be larger than 10.74 km and 172, respectively. We consider uncertainties in all independent parameters—fitting coefficients as well as GW170817 masses while reporting the range of radii constraints. We discuss an approach to constrain the upper as well as lower limit of NS maximum mass using future binary NS detections and their identification as prompt or delayed collapse. With future observations, it will be possible to derive even tighter constraints on the properties of matter at and above nuclear density using the method proposed in this work.

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Research Organization:: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0021177; AC02-05CH11231; PHY-2011725; PHY-2020275; PHY-2116686; AST-2108467

OSTI ID:: 1980085

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Vol. 105, Issue 10; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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