Carlos Palenzuela, Luis Lehner, Marcelo Ponce, Steven L. Liebling, Matthew Anderson, David Neilsen, Patrick Motl
The late stage of an inspiraling neutron star binary gives rise to a strong emission of gravitational waves due to its highly dynamic, strong gravity. Interactions between the stellar magnetospheres, driven by the extreme dynamics, can produce considerable outflows. We study the gravitational and electromagnetic waves produced during the inspiral and merger of a binary neutron star system using a full general relativistic, resistive MHD evolution code. We show that the interaction between the stellar magnetospheres extracts kinetic energy from the system and powers radiative Poynting flux and heat dissipation. These features depend strongly on the configuration of the initial stellar magnetic moments. Our results indicate that this power can strongly outshine pulsars in binaries and has a distinctive angular and time-dependent pattern.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.7074
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