Speaker
Prof.
Chang-Hwan Lee
(Pusan National University)
Description
Gravitational waves (GW170817) produced in a binary neutron star inspiral
have been observed followed by gamma-ray burst (GRB 170817A) and
afterglows from X-ray to radio. By combining the distance obtained by
gravitational waves and red shift obtained by electromagnetic waves, even
Hubble constant has been estimated. This indicates the start of new era of
multimessenger astronomy. In addition to the masses of inspiralling
neutron stars, the tidal deformability which depends on the inner
structure of neutron stars has been estimated from gravitational waves.
This confirms that even strong interactions can be tested by gravitational
waves. In this talk, I review the effect of tidal deformability of neutron
stars to the gravitational waves produced in the inspiral process, and
discuss the implications of detected tidal deformability to the neutron
star equations of state.
Primary author
Prof.
Chang-Hwan Lee
(Pusan National University)
