Inverse structure problem for neutron-star binaries

Lee Lindblom
2018 Physical Review D  
Gravitational wave detectors in the LIGO/Virgo frequency band are able to measure the individual masses and the composite tidal deformabilities of neutron-star binary systems. This paper demonstrates that high accuracy measurements of these quantities from an ensemble of binary systems can in principle be used to determine the high density neutron-star equation of state exactly. This analysis assumes that all neutron stars have the same thermodynamically stable equation of state, but does not
more » ... e simplifying approximations for the composite tidal deformability or make additional assumptions about the high density equation of state.
doi:10.1103/physrevd.98.043012 fatcat:m2p2uohzw5erxkl5nqsgul5kvy