Video URL
https://pirsa.org/17090062Model-agnostic characterization of post-merger signals from binary neutron star coalescences
Katerina Chatziioannou California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Source RepositoryPIRSA
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Talk Type
Scientific Series
Abstract
The long-awaited detection of gravitational waves has provided us with another source of information about the Universe. In this talk I will give an overview of how we extract information from gravitational wave signals with a focus on signals for which we do not have a definitive and reliable model for what the signal looks like. In particular I will describe how we can analyze the signal emitted after two neutron stars have merged. I will describe how the information extracted from such a signal can be used to place constrains on the equation of state of dense matter.