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Solar-Like Oscillating Stars as Standard Clocks and Rulers for Galactic Studies

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Asteroseismology of Stellar Populations in the Milky Way

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings ((ASSSP,volume 39))

Abstract

The CoRoT and Kepler space missions have detected oscillations in hundreds of Sun-like stars and thousands of field red-giant stars. This has opened the door to a new era of stellar population studies in the Milky Way. We report on the current status and future prospects of harvesting space-based photometric data for ensemble asteroseismology, and highlight some of the challenges that need to be faced to use these stars as accurate clocks and rulers for Galactic studies.

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    We assume an extension of the overshooting region equal to 0. 2 H p , where H p is the pressure scale height at the boundary of the convective core, as defined by the Schwarzschild criterion.

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  1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Andrea Miglio & William J. Chaplin

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

    Andrea Miglio

  3. INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, Padova, Italy

    Léo Girardi & Thaíse S. Rodrigues

  4. Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA), School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Dennis Stello

  5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

    Dennis Stello

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  2. Observatoire de Genève, University of Geneva, Sauverny, Switzerland

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Miglio, A., Girardi, L., Rodrigues, T.S., Stello, D., Chaplin, W.J. (2015). Solar-Like Oscillating Stars as Standard Clocks and Rulers for Galactic Studies. In: Miglio, A., Eggenberger, P., Girardi, L., Montalbán, J. (eds) Asteroseismology of Stellar Populations in the Milky Way. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 39. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10993-0_2

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