@inproceedings{7b7372a8c45f46469fdf4732557fdc3e,
title = "Numerical relativity simulations of magnetized black hole—neutron star mergers",
abstract = "We present new numerical techniques1 we developed for launching the first parameter study of magnetized black hole–neutron star (BHNS) mergers, varying the magnetic fields seeded in the initial neutron star. We found that magnetic fields have a negligible impact on the gravitational waveforms and bulk dynamics of the system during merger, regardless of magnetic field strength or BH spin. In a recent simulation, we seeded the remnant disk from an unmagnetized BHNS merger simulation with large-scale, purely poloidal magnetic fields, which are otherwise absent in the full simulation. The outcome appears to be a viable sGRB central engine.",
keywords = "Black hole, Compact binary mergers, Compact objects, General relativity, Magnetohydrodynamics, Neutron star, Numerical relativity",
author = "Etienne, {Zachariah B.} and Liu, {Yuk Tung} and Vasileios Paschalidis and Shapiro, {Stuart L.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, World Scientific. All rights reserved.; 13th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation, and Relativistic Field Theories, MG13 2012 ; Conference date: 01-07-2015 Through 07-07-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1142/9789814623995_0063",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9789814612142",
series = "The 13th Marcel Grossmann Meeting: On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories - Proceedings of the MG13 Meeting on General Relativity, 2012",
publisher = "World Scientific",
pages = "991--994",
editor = "Jantzen, {Robert T.} and Kjell Rosquist and Remo Ruffini and Remo Ruffini",
booktitle = "On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories",
address = "United States",
}