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Innermost stable circular orbit of inspiraling neutron-star binaries: Tidal effects, post-Newtonian effects, and the neutron-star equation of state
We study how the neutron-star equation of state affects the onset of the dynamical instability in the equations of motion for inspiraling neutron-star binaries near coalescence. A combination of relativistic effects and Newtonian tidal effects causes the stars to begin their final, rapid, and dynamically unstable plunge to merge when …