Prospects of Constraining the Nuclear Equation of State with Gravitational-Wave Signals in the Advanced Detector Era and Beyond

Abstract

The gravitational-wave detections of binary black hole mergers suggest the possibility of detecting gravitational-waves from binaries consisting of compact stars in the near future. During the merger, the compact stars leave their footprints on the gravitational-wave signals through their tidal deformability. Therefore, the detections of these signals can constrain the equation of state of ultra-dense matter. We present the prospects of constraining the nuclear equation of state with gravitational-wave signals in the Advanced detector era.