Overview
- Provides review papers on spectroscopy, seismology of red giants and open questions in Galactic astrophysics
- Discusses first results achieved by combining photometric/spectroscopic and seismic constraints on populations of stars observed by CoRoT and Kepler
- Reports on discussions between experts in Galactic evolution, stellar structure and asteroseismology, and key representatives of extensive ground-based spectroscopic surveys
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings (ASSSP, volume 39)
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Table of contents (20 papers)
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Front Matter
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Uncertainties on Models of Stellar Structure and Evolution: Testing Determinations of Stellar Properties in Well-Constrained Systems
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Photospheric Constraints and Reports on Ongoing Spectroscopic Surveys (e.g. GESS, APOGEE, GALAH)
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The MilkyWay, Current Uncertainties in Models of Formation and Evolution of the Galaxy, and First Results on Stellar Populations Studies Obtained Combining Seismic and Spectroscopic Constraints in the CoRoT and Kepler fields
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“This book is the proceedings of a workshop that was held at the Sexten Centre for Astrophysics, Bolzano, in 2013 July, to assess the current impact of the new tool, the improvements that it has made, and the further improvements that it is likely to make. … the reviews are extremely useful for guiding scientists interested in only the broader aspects of the subject through areas about which they might be particularly curious.” (Douglas Gough, The Observatory, Vol. 135 (1249), December, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Asteroseismology of Stellar Populations in the Milky Way
Editors: Andrea Miglio, Patrick Eggenberger, Léo Girardi, Josefina Montalbán
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10993-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-10992-3Published: 16 January 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38148-0Published: 24 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-10993-0Published: 26 December 2014
Series ISSN: 1570-6591
Series E-ISSN: 1570-6605
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 185
Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles