Updated estimates of post-merger gravitational wave energy released in GW170817 and the maximum neutron star mass

arXiv:2609.17936 · astro-ph.HE, hep-th · Submitted 2026-09-15 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, hep-th

Submitted: 2026-09-15

Updated: 2026-09-15

Comments: 12 pages, 7 figures, ApJ published

Journal ref: 2026, ApJ, 1008, 114

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae90af

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

Terminology

• Consistency — 4× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Equation of State (EoS) — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes

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