Carolyn Raithel Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Swarthmore College

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2024

Detectability of finite-temperature effects from neutron star mergers with next-generation gravitational wave detectors
Detectability of finite-temperature effects from neutron star mergers with next-generation gravitational wave detectors
Carolyn A. Raithel, Vasileios Paschalidis
Physical Review D  ·  02 Aug 2024  ·  doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.110.043002

2023

Influence of stellar compactness on finite-temperature effects in neutron star merger simulations
Influence of stellar compactness on finite-temperature effects in neutron star merger simulations
Carolyn A. Raithel, Vasileios Paschalidis
Physical Review D  ·  20 Oct 2023  ·  doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.083029
Tidal deformability doppelgänger: Implications of a low-density phase transition in the neutron star equation of state
Tidal deformability doppelgänger: Implications of a low-density phase transition in the neutron star equation of state
Carolyn A. Raithel, Elias R. Most
Physical Review D  ·  11 Jul 2023  ·  doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.023010
Degeneracy in the Inference of Phase Transitions in the Neutron Star Equation of State from Gravitational Wave Data
Degeneracy in the Inference of Phase Transitions in the Neutron Star Equation of State from Gravitational Wave Data
Carolyn A. Raithel, Elias R. Most
Physical Review Letters  ·  18 May 2023  ·  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.201403

2022

Finite-temperature effects in dynamical spacetime binary neutron star merger simulations: validation of the parametric approach
Finite-temperature effects in dynamical spacetime binary neutron star merger simulations: validation of the parametric approach
Carolyn A Raithel, Pedro Espino, Vasileios Paschalidis
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society  ·  02 Sep 2022  ·  doi:10.1093/mnras/stac2450
Improving the convergence order of binary neutron star merger simulations in the Baumgarte- Shapiro-Shibata-Nakamura formulation
Improving the convergence order of binary neutron star merger simulations in the Baumgarte- Shapiro-Shibata-Nakamura formulation
Carolyn A. Raithel, Vasileios Paschalidis
Physical Review D  ·  13 Jul 2022  ·  doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.106.023015
Characterizing the Breakdown of Quasi-universality in Postmerger Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Star Mergers
Characterizing the Breakdown of Quasi-universality in Postmerger Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Star Mergers
Carolyn A. Raithel, Elias R. Most
The Astrophysical Journal Letters  ·  01 Jul 2022  ·  doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac7c75
Markov Chains for Horizons MARCH. I. Identifying Biases in Fitting Theoretical Models to Event Horizon Telescope Observations
Markov Chains for Horizons MARCH. I. Identifying Biases in Fitting Theoretical Models to Event Horizon Telescope Observations
Dimitrios Psaltis, Feryal Özel, Lia Medeiros, Pierre Christian, Junhan Kim, Chi-kwan Chan, Landen J. Conway, Carolyn A. Raithel, Dan Marrone, Tod R. Lauer
The Astrophysical Journal  ·  01 Mar 2022  ·  doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac2c69

2021

Impact of the nuclear symmetry energy on the post-merger phase of a binary neutron star coalescence
Impact of the nuclear symmetry energy on the post-merger phase of a binary neutron star coalescence
Elias R. Most, Carolyn A. Raithel
Physical Review D  ·  02 Dec 2021  ·  doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.104.124012
Realistic finite-temperature effects in neutron star merger simulations
Realistic finite-temperature effects in neutron star merger simulations
Carolyn A. Raithel, Vasileios Paschalidis, Feryal Özel
Physical Review D  ·  14 Sep 2021  ·  doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.104.063016
Erratum: “Finite-temperature Extension for Cold Neutron Star Equations of State” (2019, ApJ, 875, 12)
Erratum: “Finite-temperature Extension for Cold Neutron Star Equations of State” (2019, ApJ, 875, 12)
Carolyn A. Raithel, Feryal Özel, Dimitrios Psaltis
The Astrophysical Journal  ·  01 Jul 2021  ·  doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac0630
Optimized Statistical Approach for Comparing Multi-messenger Neutron Star Data
Optimized Statistical Approach for Comparing Multi-messenger Neutron Star Data
Carolyn A. Raithel, Feryal Özel, Dimitrios Psaltis
The Astrophysical Journal  ·  01 Feb 2021  ·  doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abd3a4

2019

Measurement of the Nuclear Symmetry Energy Parameters from Gravitational-wave Events
Measurement of the Nuclear Symmetry Energy Parameters from Gravitational-wave Events
Carolyn A. Raithel, Feryal Özel
The Astrophysical Journal  ·  07 Nov 2019  ·  doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab48e6
Finite-temperature Extension for Cold Neutron Star Equations of State
Finite-temperature Extension for Cold Neutron Star Equations of State
Carolyn A. Raithel, Feryal Özel, Dimitrios Psaltis
The Astrophysical Journal  ·  08 Apr 2019  ·  doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab08ea

2018

Tidal Deformability from GW170817 as a Direct Probe of the Neutron Star Radius
Tidal Deformability from GW170817 as a Direct Probe of the Neutron Star Radius
Carolyn A. Raithel, Feryal Özel, Dimitrios Psaltis
The Astrophysical Journal Letters  ·  20 Apr 2018  ·  doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aabcbf
Confronting Models of Massive Star Evolution and Explosions with Remnant Mass Measurements
Confronting Models of Massive Star Evolution and Explosions with Remnant Mass Measurements
Carolyn A. Raithel, Tuguldur Sukhbold, Feryal Özel
The Astrophysical Journal  ·  20 Mar 2018  ·  doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aab09b

2017

From Neutron Star Observables to the Equation of State. II. Bayesian Inference of Equation of State Pressures
From Neutron Star Observables to the Equation of State. II. Bayesian Inference of Equation of State Pressures
Carolyn A. Raithel, Feryal Özel, Dimitrios Psaltis
The Astrophysical Journal  ·  01 Aug 2017  ·  doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa7a5a

2015

TWO RADIO-EMISSION MECHANISMS IN PSR J0901–4624
TWO RADIO-EMISSION MECHANISMS IN PSR J0901–4624
C. A. Raithel, R. M. Shannon, S. Johnston, M. Kerr
The Astrophysical Journal  ·  28 Apr 2015  ·  doi:10.1088/2041-8205/804/1/L18