Speaker
Duncan Neill
(University of Bath)
Description
Asteroseismic modes within neutron stars (NSs) provide can provide novel insight into NS structure and the physics of dense matter, as they are sensitive to a variety of different stellar properties. The multimessenger detection of a resonant shattering flare and gravitational waves from a binary NS merger could allow us to measure the frequency of the crust-core interface mode. This mode is sensitive to the shear speed within the NS crust, which in turn depends on the nuclear symmetry energy. I will discuss the possibility of detecting such multimessenger events, and examine what such detections could be used to infer about the symmetry energy.
Primary author
Duncan Neill
(University of Bath)
Co-authors
David Tsang
(University of Bath)
William Newton
(Texas A&M University-Commerce)
