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Mostly but also because we haven’t “heard” the waves caused by a Neutron star interaction before. So experimentally we still have to confirm that they cause GWs
by pducks32 9y ago
Mostly but also because we haven’t “heard” the waves caused by a Neutron star interaction before. So experimentally we still have to confirm that they cause GWs.
- raverbashing 9y agoWhich would be surprising if they didn't produce GW
- pducks32 9y agoYea that would be very surprising.
- qubex 9y agoOf course they produce gravitational waves! The main point of curiosity is likely that unlike black holes, that are "hairless" entities of pure curvature, neutron stars are complex objects with multiple, variable layers... and consequentially (I presume) the gravitational waves occasioned by their merger would both carry more information about the objects' composition and likely be more complicated (as well as less powerful at any given distance). I'm just guessing though.
- pducks32 9y ago“Of course” is not a popular phrase in physics.