# Collision of 1.4 𝑀_⊙ Neutron Stars: Dynamical or Quasi-Equilibrium?

## Conclusion.

In the two recent papers  and , Shapiro provided useful insight to processes involving neutron stars. However, the arguments in these papers are not applicable to the head-on collision of 1.4 $`M_{}`$ neutron stars in  and this paper. The crux of the problem is that such a collision is too dynamical to be studied using quasi-equilibrium analyses.

## Acknowledgments.

This research is supported by NASA NCS5-153, NSF NRAC MCA93S025, and NSF grants PHY96-00507, 96-00049, and 99-79985.