id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 1g05fb5230p Atul Kedia Relativistic Matter in Neutron Star Mergers and Big Bang Nucleosynthesis 2022 .txt text/plain 162 5 23 In the first part I will describe my investigation of the role of the high-density nuclear equation of state in the emergent gravitational radiation from the collapse to a black hole during neutron star mergers. In this dissertation I discuss my work on understanding the interactions of relativistic fluids and nuclear matter in two extreme environments: 1) the merger of two neutron stars and the subsequent collapse of the postmerger hypermassive neutron star to a black hole; and 2) the first few moments of cosmic expansion in the big bang. cache/1g05fb5230p.txt txt/1g05fb5230p.txt