Binary neutron-star merger

Layer 1 — Physicsin the Gravitational Wave Physics subtree

GW170817 (Aug 17 2017): first BNS detection plus EM counterpart (GRB170817A); kilonova AT2017gfo confirmed r-process nucleosynthesis; equation-of-state constrained by tidal deformability.

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Ordinary differential equation (ODE)

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