Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Summer 2024

Abstract

LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) detects ripples in space-time caused by the collisions of extremely dense objects, such as neutron stars and black holes. By measuring tidal deformability—how much a neutron star deforms under the gravitational pull of a nearby neutron star—we gain direct insights into the internal structure of these stars, which we refer to as the equation of state (NS EOS). This deformability can be observed using gravitational waves detected by LIGO.

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