• AuthorB. P. Abbottt et al,C. Adams,,F. Acernese,,K. Ackley,,R. Abbott,,T. Adams,,T. D. Abbott,,김환선,손재주,오상훈,오정근
• JournalPhysical Review Letters (0031-9007), 121(16), 161101-1 ~ 161101-16
• Enrollment typeSCI
• publication date 20181015

On 17 August 2017, the LIGO and Virgo observatories made the first direct detection of gravitational waves from the coalescence of a neutron star binary system. The detection of this gravitational-wave signal, GW170817, offers a novel opportunity to directly probe the properties of matter at the extreme conditions found in the interior of these stars. The initial, minimal-assumption analysis of the LIGO and Virgo data placed constraints on the tidal effects of the coalescing bodies, which were then translated to constraints on neutron star radii.