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Zvaigžņotā Debess: 2017/18, Ziema (238)
2017
Contents: “ZVAIGŽŅOTĀ DEBESS” FORTY YEARS AGO: I.Vilka. Starry Sky and Birds’ Journeys (abridged) ; N.Cimahoviča. Spirals of Saturn’s Rings (abridged) ; I.Šmelds. V Readings of Friedrich Zander ; DEVELOPMENTS in SCIENCE: K.Schwartz. Most Distant Galaxy Clusters and 3D Structure of the Universe ; DISCOVERIES: M.Gills. The Day when Multi-Messenger Astronomy Was Announced ; I.Pundure. ESO Telescopes and Hubble Observe the Source of Gravitational Waves for the First Time ; I.Eglītis. Asteroid “Balklavs” ; SPACE RESEARCH and EXPLORATION: R.Misa. Mission of Cassini – Discoveries to the Very End ; J.Jaunbergs. The Icy World Tethys ; OBSERVATORIES and INSTRUMENTS: M.Gills. The Giant Radio Telescope…
GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State
2018
On 17 August 2017, the LIGO and Virgo observatories made the first direct detection of gravitational waves from the coalescence of a neutron star binary system. The detection of this gravitational-wave signal, GW170817, offers a novel opportunity to directly probe the properties of matter at the extreme conditions found in the interior of these stars. The initial, minimal-assumption analysis of the LIGO and Virgo data placed constraints on the tidal effects of the coalescing bodies, which were then translated to constraints on neutron star radii. Here, we expand upon previous analyses by working under the hypothesis that both bodies were neutron stars that are described by the same equation…