Modelling the delayed shock-breakout emission following jet-launching binary neutron star mergers via relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations simulations

arXiv:2606.29515 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR, gr-qc · Submitted 2026-06-28 · Read on arXiv

Matteo Pais, Riccardo Ciolfi, Andrea Pavan

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR, gr-qc

Submitted: 2026-06-28

Comments: 20 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication on Astronomy & Astrophysics, figures in the journal version are color blind friendly

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

Terminology

• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Initial Data — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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