Magnetically Confined Mountains on Neutron Stars  [slides]

Abstract

In this presentation, I will talk about the mechanisms of forming and maintaining a mountain on a Neutron Star by its magnetic field. To do so, I am going to introduce the important equations of magnetohydrodynamics that describe this system both in the classical and in the general relativistic paradigms. Additionally, we will investigate how mountains on neutron stars can generate gravitational waves and what the experimental evidence we have so far has to say about this.