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Andreas Bauswein1, Sebastian Blacker1,2, Vimal Vijayan1
1GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany.
Abstract:
Using hydrodynamical simulations for a large set of high-density matter equations of state (EOSs), we systematically determine the threshold mass M_{thres} for prompt black-hole formation in equal-mass and asymmetric neutron star (NS) mergers. We devise the so far most direct, general, and accurate method to determine the unknown maximum mass of nonrotating NSs from merger observations revealing M_{thres}. Considering hybrid EOSs with hadron-quark phase transition, we identify a new, observable signature of quark matter in NS mergers. Furthermore, our findings have direct applications in gravitational wave searches, kilonova interpretations, and multimessenger constraints on NS properties.
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