Detectability of continuous gravitational waves from magnetically deformed neutron stars

Understand

Extremely powerful magnetic fields are contained inside neutron stars.

• Their effect is to deform the shape of the star, leading to the emission of continuous gravitational waves.
• The magnetic deformation of neutron stars depends on the details of their magnetic field, that is its geometry and strength.
• Moreover, it depends on their composition, described by the equation of state.