LIGO Seminar

Neutron stars live interesting and mysterious lives: from the moment they

are created in core-collapse supernovae, to the moment some of them collapse

to black-holes. In this talk, I will cover some aspects of their lives. I

will discuss their birth in core-collapse supernovae, focusing on the key

role of hydrodynamic turbulence in triggering the explosion. Then, I will

talk about the ultimate fate of neutron stars born in close binaries. I will

discuss the gravitational-wave emission during their last orbits and in the

first milliseconds after merger. Finally, I will present results from recent

studies of the neutron-rich outflows launched during neutron star mergers

and discuss some of their implications for multimessenger astronomy and

galactic chemical evolution.