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SUMMARY:Neutron-star mergers and numerical relativity - Masaru Shibata\, M
 ax Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
DTSTART:20191127T141500Z
DTEND:20191127T151500Z
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CONTACT:Francesca Chadha-Day
DESCRIPTION:Merger of neutron-star binaries (neutron star-neutron star or 
 black hole-neutron star binaries) \nis one of the promising sources of gra
 vitational waves\, and a source of high-energy phenomena \nlike gamma-ray 
 bursts and kilonovae. The first direct detection of gravitational waves an
 d \nelectromagnetic counterparts from a binary neutron star merger (GW1708
 17) show this fact. \nIn this talk\, I will first give a broad review for 
 the observational results of GW170817 and \nsummarize the theoretical pred
 iction of neutron-star mergers based on numerical simulation \nin general 
 relativity (numerical relativity). Then\, I will show that the observation
 al results of \nthe kilonova (observational results of the optical and inf
 rared band) are well interpreted by \nthe numerical relativity results.
LOCATION:MR2\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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