1. General Relativistic Hydrodynamic Simulations of Neutron Star Mergers: From Quarks to Gravitational Waves Open Access Author: Prakash, Aviral Title: General Relativistic Hydrodynamic Simulations of Neutron Star Mergers: From Quarks to Gravitational Waves Graduate Program: Physics Keywords: Neutron StarsEquation of StateQCDPhase TransitionsGravitational Waves File: Download Aviral_Prakash-Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Major Field MemberSteinn Sigurdsson, Outside Unit & Field MemberDavid Radice, Chair & Dissertation AdvisorMauricio Terrones, Program Head/ChairZoltan Fodor, Major Field Member