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This volume, the proceedings of IAU Symposium 363, addresses the astrophysical implications of gravitational wave and electromagnetic observations of neutron stars. It covers the state of the art understanding of mergers of binary neutron stars producing short gamma-ray bursts, and the most powerfully magnetic varieties of neutron stars, magnetars. Encapsulating both observations and modelling, the contributions address extreme transient events including kilonovae, afterglows, magnetar giant flares, and fast radio bursts. By exploring the intersection of studies of isolated neutron stars and binary system synthesis and merging, this collection sets the scene for interpreting exciting results pertaining to powerful x-ray, gamma-ray, and gravitational wave transients to be acquired in the next decade and beyond. IAU S363 will be an asset for astronomers seeking a broad and interdisciplinary overview of neutron stars, their gravitational waves and electromagnetic emission.
List of contents
Part I. The Search for Continuous Gravitational Waves; Part II. Exploring the Neutron Star Zoo; Part III. Observations of gravitational-wave afterglows Alessandra Corsi; GRB 170817A and the long-term aftermath of neutron star mergers Hendrik van Eerten; Kilonovae and short GRBs observations in the multi-messenger era Paolo D'Avanzo; Modeling kilonova emission from neutron star mergers Masaomi Tanaka; Multi-messenger science with Athena and future multi-messenger observatories Luigi Piro; Part IV. Physics in Ultra-Strong Magnetic Fields Alice Harding; Magnetic field evolution in the crust of neutron stars; Part IV. Physics in Ultra-Strong Magnetic Fields Alice Harding; Magnetic field evolution in the crust of neutron stars; Part V. Search for gravitational-wave transients associated with magnetar bursts during the third Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observing run Kara Merfeld; Inferring the dense nuclear matter equation of state with neutron star tides Pantelis Pnigouras; Constraining three-nucleon forces with multimessenger data Andrea Sabatucci; Modelling the deformability of magnetized neutron stars in the light of future continuous gravitational waves detection Niccolo Bucciantini; Prospects for studying Galactic neutron stars in binaries with LISA Valeriya Korol; Gravitational-wave EM Counterpart Korean Observatory (GECKO) Myungshin Im; The neutron star neutron star merger GW170817; part Korean Observatory (GECKO) Myungshin Im; The neutron star neutron star merger GW170817; Part VI. INTEGRAL contributions to magnetars and multimessenger astrophysics Sandro Mereghetti; PULXs as accreting magnetars.
Summary
IAU S363 explores gravitational wave and electromagnetic observations of neutron stars, and their most powerfully magnetic form, magnetars. It addresses, through observations and modelling, extreme transient events including kilonovae, afterglows, magnetar giant flares and fast radio bursts, for astronomers seeking an interdisciplinary overview.
