Speaker
Philippe Landry
(Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics)
Description
The multimessenger binary neutron star merger GW170817 and subsequent LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave discoveries are shedding new light on the ultra-dense matter inside neutron stars. With densities and pressures several times greater than those in atomic nuclei, neutron star cores harbour the most extreme matter in the Universe. Its composition remains an open question: does it consist entirely of hadrons, like neutrons and protons, or does a more exotic state, like quark matter, prevail at the highest densities? I will describe what gravitational-wave observations are revealing about the neutron star interior, and how future-generation observatories will revolutionize our understanding of ultra-dense matter.
| Keyword-1 | Neutron stars |
|---|---|
| Keyword-2 | Gravitational waves |
Primary author
Philippe Landry
(Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics)
