The detection of radial and non-radial solar-like oscillations in thousands of G-K giants with CoRoT and Kepler is paving the road for detailed studies of stellar populations in the Galaxy. The available average seismic constraints allow largely model-independent determination of stellar radii and masses, and can be used to determine the position and age of thousands of stars in different regions of the Milky Way, and of giants belonging to open clusters. Such a close connection between stellar evolution, Galactic evolution, and asteroseismology opens a new very promising gate in our understanding of stars and galaxies.
This book represents a natural progression from the collection of review papers presented in the book 'Red Giants as Probes of the Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way', which appeared in the Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings series in 2012. This sequel volume contains review papers on spectroscopy, seismology of red giants, open questions in Galactic astrophysics, and discusses first results achieved by combining photometric/spectroscopic and seismic constraints on populations of stars observed by CoRoT and Kepler. The book also reports on discussions between expert researchers in Galactic evolution, specialists in stellar structure and asteroseismology, and key representatives of extensive ground-based spectroscopic surveys such as APOGEE and the ESO-GAIA Spectroscopic Survey, which would serve as a roadmap for future endeavours in this field of research.
Author(s): Andrea Miglio, Patrick Eggenberger, Léo Girardi, Josefina Montalbán (eds.)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings 39
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 185
Tags: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Astrophysics and Astroparticles
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Ages of Stars: Methods and Uncertainties....Pages 3-9
Solar-Like Oscillating Stars as Standard Clocks and Rulers for Galactic Studies....Pages 11-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Uncertainties in Stellar Evolution Models: Convective Overshoot....Pages 25-32
Effects of Rotation on Stellar Evolution and Asteroseismology of Red Giants....Pages 33-41
Open Clusters: Probes of Galaxy Evolution and Bench Tests of Stellar Models....Pages 43-50
Exploiting the Open Clusters in the Kepler and CoRoT Fields....Pages 51-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Photometric Stellar Parameters for Asteroseismology and Galactic Studies....Pages 61-71
Spectroscopic Constraints for Low-Mass Asteroseismic Targets....Pages 73-81
Preliminary Evaluation of the Kepler Input Catalog Extinction Model Using Stellar Temperatures....Pages 83-91
The APOKASC Catalog....Pages 93-100
The Red Giants in NGC 6633 as Seen with CoRoT, HARPS and SOPHIE....Pages 101-104
“Rapid-Fire” Spectroscopy of Kepler Solar-Like Oscillators....Pages 105-108
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
New Observational Constraints to Milky Way Chemodynamical Models....Pages 111-123
The Expected Stellar Populations in the Kepler and CoRoT Fields....Pages 125-132
Early Results from APOKASC....Pages 133-139
The Metallicity Gradient of the Old Galactic Bulge Population....Pages 141-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
4MOST: 4m Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope....Pages 147-154
Mapping the Stellar Populations of the Milky Way with Gaia....Pages 155-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Uncertainties in Models of Stellar Structure and Evolution....Pages 167-182
Photospheric Constraints, Current Uncertainties in Models of Stellar Atmospheres, and Spectroscopic Surveys....Pages 183-185
