Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
2025
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Varun Vaidya
Abstract
We investigate the tidal Love numbers for a non-rotating dark matter admixed neutron star (NS). Tidal Love numbers, which quantify a star's response to the tidal field of a companion object, are an important feature in the gravitational wave (GW) signal and vary depending on the star’s equation of state and dark matter profiles. By determining how the internal properties of the NS affect the GW signal, we hope that improvements in gravitational wave detection will help constrain these parameters by providing additional data from neutron star mergers with other compact objects. To this end, we focus on solving the Einstein field equations in the interior of the NS up to 2nd order in the orbital frequency in order to relate the internal structure to boundary conditions at the star’s surface which can be matched with the exterior solution.
Subject Categories
Physics
Keywords
Dark matter admixed neutron star Neutron Stars Tidal Love Numbers
Number of Pages
30
Publisher
University of South Dakota
Recommended Citation
Jaurequi, Gregory G, "TIDAL LOVE NUMBERS FOR A NON-ROTATING TWO-FLUID NEUTRON STAR: INTERIOR SOLUTION" (2025). Dissertations and Theses. 344.
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis/344