Long-lived remnants from neutron star mergers

 False color plot showing the density of the mass in the equatorial (bottom) and meridional, or “southern” (top) planes of a neutron star merger remnant about 100 milliseconds after the merger.
False color plot showing the density of the mass in the equatorial (bottom) and meridional, or “southern” (top) planes of a neutron star merger remnant about 100 milliseconds after the merger.

 

Our study of long-lived remnants from neutron star mergers has been featured as a science highlight by the Department of Energy!