The Final Fate of Binary Neutron Stars: What Happens After the Merger?

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2007-01-26

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0701145v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

3 pages. To appear in the Proceedings of the Eleventh Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 23-29 July 2006, World Scient

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The merger of two neutron stars usually produces a remnant with a mass significantly above the single (nonrotating) neutron star maximum mass. In some cases, the remnant will be stabilized against collapse by rapid, differential rotation. MHD-driven angular momentum transport eventually leads to the collapse of the remnant's core, resulting in a black hole surrounded by a massive accretion torus. Here we present simulations of this process. The plausibility of generating short duration gamma ray bursts through this scenario is discussed.

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