During the next decade, a new generation of gravitational wave detectors will be in operation. These instruments are expected to be sensitive enough not only to detect gravitational radiation, but also to open a completely new window on the universe, providing information that is either difficult or impossible to obtain by traditional observations. In particular, we could know in detail the oscillation properties of neutron stars at different stages of their evolution, which encode unvaluable information on the behaviour of matter at supranuclear densities.

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