Neutron Stars in the Multi-Messenger Era

Advances in theory and simulation, and new insights from observations and experiment are beginning to reveal how neutron star properties shape and correlate different observable phenomena such as x-ray and gamma-ray bursts, core-collapse supernovae and neutron star mergers. I will discuss these developments from the perspective of a nuclear physicist and describe efforts to interpret the electromagnetic, neutrino, gravitational wave, and nucleosynthetic signatures of these most violent astrophysical phenomena. As theory and simulations confront multi-messenger observations we may be able to address some long-standing questions about the nature of matter at extreme density and its role in shaping the cosmos.