Black-hole–neutron-star mergers at realistic mass ratios: Equation of state and spin orientation effects

Francois Foucart, M. Brett Deaton, Matthew D. Duez, Lawrence E. Kidder, Ilana MacDonald, Christian D. Ott, Harald P. Pfeiffer, Mark A. Scheel, Bela Szilagyi, and Saul A. Teukolsky Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada Department of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H5, Canada Theoretical Astrophysics 350-17, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA (Received 23 December 2012; published 2 April 2013)