Learning about dense matter from gravitational waves

Binary neutron stars are some of the most promising sources for gravitational-wave detections with Advanced LIGO. For any gravitational-wave source containing matter, the matter contributes to the spacetime dynamics, leaving an imprint on radiation from the system. I will discuss how we can understand and model this imprint, so that we can use it to constrain our understanding of the properties of dense matter, with a focus on the inspiral and merger of binary neutron stars.