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DTSTART:20160216T180000Z
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DTSTAMP:20260512T113558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160127T151749Z
LOCATION:4421 Sterling Hall\, SPECIAL LUNCH TALK
SUMMARY:Compact Neutron Star Binary Assembly n the Universe\, Astronom
 y Colloquium\, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz\, UC Santa Cruz
DESCRIPTION:The existence of a population of compact neutron star  bin
 aries  serves as a unique probe of general  relativity  and  of  binar
 y  stellar  evolution. Mergers of neutron star binaries are promising 
 sources for the detection of gravitational radiation. Yet\, to inspira
 l and merge in less than a Hubble time\, a compact binary must be sepa
 rated by less than the radii of its main sequence progenitors. To reac
 h their current small separations\, these binaries must have passed th
 rough a common envelope  phase. Reconciling the observed distribution 
 of neutron star masses  in binaries with theories of accretion during 
  common envelope has posed a long-standing problem. This talk explores
  the  hydrodynamics of common envelope  with the goal of reconciling t
 heories for  the formation of neutron stars  in close binaries with th
 e narrow observed distribution of neutron star masses.<br><br>
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=4057
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