Measurability of the tidal polarizability of neutron stars in late-inspiral gravitational-wave signals
Measurability of the tidal polarizability of neutron stars in late-inspiral gravitational-wave signals
The gravitational wave signal from a binary neutron star inspiral contains information on the nuclear equation of state. This information is contained in a combination of the tidal polarizability parameters of the two neutron stars and is clearest in the late inspiral, just before merger. We use the recently defined …