München 2019 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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GR: Fachverband Gravitation und Relativitätstheorie

GR 6: Numerical Relativity

GR 6.1: Hauptvortrag

Mittwoch, 20. März 2019, 11:00–11:45, HS 4

Modeling the strong-field dynamics of binary neutron star merger — •Sebastiano Bernuzzi — FSU Jena, Germany

The observation of gravitational and electromagnetic waves from a binary neutron star merger in August 2017 delivered key information on the nature of matter at supranuclear densities, on the origin of short-gamma ray burst, on the production site of of heavy elements via r-process nucleosynthesis, and on cosmography. Thus, multimessenger observations of compact binary mergers hold the promise to unprecedent insights on some of the most fundamental physics questions. A crucial and necessary ingredient to interpret such observations is the precise knowledge of the dynamics of the source. I will talk about recent developments on the modeling of neutron star mergers using numerical simulations in general relativity. I will focus on the numerical exploration of the the merger remnant and mass ejecta and their dependence on the binary parameters. I will discuss detailed models of the gravitational waves and kilonova light curves, highlighting the prospect of using them in joint analysis of multimessenger data.