# A Virtual Tribute to Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum 2021

Aug 2 – 6, 2021
online
Europe/Brussels timezone

## Probing the slope of the nuclear symmetry energy with neutron star mergers

Aug 2, 2021, 5:40 PM
20m
online

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Parallel contribution F: Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics

Elias Most

### Description

The nuclear symmetry energy and its slope $L$ are fundamental quantities describing the properties of dense matter around nuclear saturation.
New measurements of the neutron-skin thickness of $^{208}\rm Pb$ have sparked recent interest in constraints on the slope of the symmetry energy, $L$, some of which can also be inferred from astrophysical systems, such as neutron star mergers.

In this talk, I will present the first systematic study of the impact of varying $L$ on the post-merger evolution of a GW170817-like neutron star merger event. More specifically, I will discuss how different values of $L$ affect the post-merger dynamics, what imprints $L$ might leave in the post-merger gravitational wave signal and how the ejection of mass during the merger is affected by it.

### Co-author

Carolyn Raithel (Institute for Advanced Study)

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