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Fig. 1: Tidal forces deform a neutron star (left) orbiting another compact object - a second neutron star or a black hole. © T. Hinderer/AEI

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Tides In Binary Star Systems: When Neutron Stars Emit Gravitational Waves

by Press on May 10, 2016

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Fig. 1: Tidal forces deform a neutron star (left) orbiting another compact object – a second neutron star or a black hole. © T. Hinderer/AEI

Potsdam-Golm, Germany-(ENEWSPF)- Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam develop an accurate model for the detection and interpretation of gravitational waves emitted by neutron stars in binary systems. This model contains, for the first time, a realistic description of how neutron stars are deformed just before they…