Neutron Star Extreme Matter Observatory: A kilohertz-band gravitational-wave detector in the global network

Understand

Gravitational waves from coalescing neutron stars encode information about nuclear matter at extreme densities, inaccessible by laboratory experiments.

• The late inspiral is influenced by the presence of tides, which depend on the neutron star equation of state.
• Neutron star mergers are expected to often produce rapidly-rotating remnant neutron stars that emit gravitational waves.
• These will provide clues to the extremely hot post-merger environment.