{
  "id": "1906.08440",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2019-06-20T04:20:24.000Z",
  "updated": "2019-06-20T04:20:24.000Z",
  "title": "Finite-temperature Equations of State for Neutron Star Mergers",
  "authors": [
    "Paul M. Chesler",
    "Niko Jokela",
    "Abraham Loeb",
    "Aleksi Vuorinen"
  ],
  "comment": "7 pages, 5 figures",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE",
    "hep-ph",
    "nucl-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "The detection of gravitational waves from a neutron star merger has opened up the possibility of detecting the presence or creation of deconfined quark matter using the gravitational wave signal. To investigate this possibility, we construct a family of neutron star matter equations of state at nonzero density and temperature by combining state-of-the-art nuclear matter equations of state with holographic equations of state for strongly interacting quark matter. The emerging picture consistently points towards a strong first order deconfinement transition, with a temperature-dependent critical density and latent heat that we quantitatively examine. Recent neutron star mass measurements are further used to discriminate between the different equations of state obtained, leaving a tightly constrained family of preferred equations of state.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2019-06-20T04:20:24.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "neutron star merger",
      "finite-temperature equations",
      "state-of-the-art nuclear matter equations",
      "strong first order deconfinement transition",
      "gravitational wave"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 7,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}