Detectability of QCD phase transitions in binary neutron star mergers
In a recently announced work (arXiv:2310.06025) we study avenues for potential detectability of QCD phase transitions in neutron star mergers, utilizing sensitivities of the next generation gravitational wave (GW) detectors. We find that at postmerger signal to noise ratios (SNRs) as low as 10, we can detect phase transitions provided they strongly violate the so-called quasi-universal relations. At the same SNR, we also show that postmerger signals can be recovered to a high fidelity as well as hadronic and quark models can be reliably distinguished to up to 90% confidence.
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