Astrophysical assumptions and equation of state framework have larger impact on equation of state inference than individual neutron star observations

arXiv:2405.17326 · astro-ph.HE, gr-qc · Submitted 2024-05-27 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, gr-qc

Submitted: 2024-05-27

Updated: 2025-11-06

Comments: 24 pages, 19 figures

Code: https://github.com/oshaughn/research-projects-RIT

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Accuracy — 8× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Bayesian Inference — 5× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Phase Transitions — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Equation of State (EoS) — 3× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• National Science Foundation — 3× in this paper
• Bayesian Framework — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Benchmark — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Generalization — 1× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes
• Model-Agnostic — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Simulation-based Inference — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Hierarchical Triples as Early Sources of $r$-process Elements
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• The Accuracy of Neutron Star Radius Measurement with the Next Generation of Terrestrial Gravitational-Wave Observatories
• Modern tools for computing neutron star properties
• Rapid and accurate parameter inference for coalescing, precessing compact binaries
• A NICER view of the 1.4 solar-mass edge-on pulsar PSR J0614-3329
• Joint Electromagnetic and Gravitational Wave Inference of Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 Using Forward-Modeling Ejecta Predictions
• Inference on neutron star parameters and the nuclear equation of state with RIFT, using prior EOS information
• Narrowing RIFT: Focused simulation-based-inference for interpreting exceptional GW sources
• Inferring the neutron star equation of state simultaneously with the population of merging neutron stars

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