Published October 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

AsteroFLAG - from the Sun to the stars

  • 1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS), Batiment 121, F-91405, Orsay Cedex (France)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C (Denmark)
  • 4. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, Postfach 1317, 85741, Garching (Germany)
  • 5. Centro de AstrofIsica Universidade do Porto, 4150-762 Porto (Portugal)
  • 6. School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006 (Australia)
  • 7. High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80301 (United States)
  • 8. DAPNIA/CEA, CE Saclay, FR-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)
  • 9. Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB (United Kingdom)
  • 10. Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HA (United Kingdom)
  • 11. Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, E-38200, La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)
  • 12. LPHEA, Faculte des Sciences Semlalia, Universite Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech (Morocco)

Description

We stand on the threshold of a critical expansion of asteroseismology of Sun-like stars, the study of stellar interiors by observation and analysis of their global acoustic modes of oscillation. The Sun-like oscillations give a very rich spectrum allowing the internal structure and dynamics to be probed down into the stellar cores to very high precision. Asteroseismic observations of many stars will allow multiple-point tests of crucial aspects of stellar evolution and dynamo theory. The aims of the asteroFLAG collaboration are to help the community to refine existing, and to develop new, methods for analysis of the asteroseismic data on the Sun-like oscillators.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/118/1/012048

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
118
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[5 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
2. HELAS international conference on helioseismology, asteroseismology and MHD connections
Dates
20-24 Aug 2007
Place
Goettingen (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41036344
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; ASTROPHYSICS; ENERGY SPECTRA; OSCILLATION MODES; OSCILLATIONS; OSCILLATORS; SEISMOLOGY; STAR EVOLUTION; SUN
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; EVOLUTION; MAIN SEQUENCE STARS; PHYSICS; SPECTRA; STARS