Pre-merger Electromagnetic Counterparts of Binary Compact Stars

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 868; no. 1; pp. 19 - 27
• Main Authors: Wang, Jie-Shuang, Peng, Fang-Kun, Wu, Kinwah, Dai, Zi-Gao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia The American Astronomical Society 20.11.2018; IOP Publishing
• Subjects: Astrophysics; binaries: close; Binary stars; Black body radiation; Blackbody; Charged particles; Charging; Electric fields; Electromagnetic interactions; Emission analysis; Energy; Gamma ray bursts; Gamma rays; Gravitational waves; Magnetic fields; Magnetospheres; Neutron stars; Radiation; Radio bursts; Signatures; Star mergers; stars: magnetic field; stars: neutron; Synchrotron radiation; White dwarf stars; white dwarfs

We investigate emission signatures of binary compact star gravitational wave (GW) sources consisting of strongly magnetized neutron stars (NSs) and/or white dwarfs (WDs) in their late-time inspiral phase. Because of electromagnetic interactions between the magnetospheres of the two compact stars, a...