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Emergence of Microphysical Bulk Viscosity in Binary Neutron Star Postmerger Dynamics

Emergence of Microphysical Bulk Viscosity in Binary Neutron Star Postmerger Dynamics

Abstract In nuclear matter in isolated neutron stars, the flavor content (e.g., proton fraction) is subject to weak interactions, establishing flavor ( β -)equilibrium. However, there can be deviations from this equilibrium during the merger of two neutron stars. We study the resulting out-of-equilibrium dynamics during the collision by incorporating …