Relevance of tidal effects and post-merger dynamics for binary neutron star parameter estimation
In 1808.09749 we use complete inspiral–merger–post-merger waveforms constructed from a tidal effective-one-body approach and numerical-relativity simulations as signals against which we perform parameter estimates with waveform models of standard LIGO-Virgo analyses. We show that neglecting tidal effects does not lead to appreciable measurement biases in masses and spin for typical observations. However, with increasing signal-to-noise ratio or tidal deformability there are biases in the estimates of the binary parameters.
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