Electromagnetic Precursors to Binary Neutron Star Mergers: Kinetic Simulations of Magnetospheric Flaring

arXiv:2604.22059 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR, physics.plasm-ph · Submitted 2026-04-23 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR, physics.plasm-ph

Submitted: 2026-04-23

Updated: 2026-04-23

Comments: 14 pages, 7 figures, submitted to ApJL

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae9088

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

Terminology

• Anisotropy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Elias — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Anticipated Performance of the Square Kilometre Array -- Phase 1 (SKA1)
• The DSA-2000 -- A Radio Survey Camera
• Production of Jets before Neutron Star Mergers
• GWTC-4.0: Population Properties of Merging Compact Binaries

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