Probing the interior physics of stars through asteroseismology

C Aerts - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2021 - APS
Yearslong time series of high-precision brightness measurements have been assembled for
thousands of stars with telescopes operating in space. Such data have allowed astronomers …

[HTML][HTML] Space-based photometry of binary stars: From Voyager to TESS

J Southworth - Universe, 2021 - mdpi.com
Binary stars are crucial laboratories for stellar physics, so have been photometric targets for
space missions beginning with the very first orbiting telescope (OAO-2) launched in 1968 …

[HTML][HTML] TESS Eclipsing Binary Stars. I. Short-cadence Observations of 4584 Eclipsing Binaries in Sectors 1–26

A Prša, A Kochoska, KE Conroy, N Eisner… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we present a catalog of 4584 eclipsing binaries observed during the first two
years (26 sectors) of the TESS survey. We discuss selection criteria for eclipsing binary …

A guide to realistic uncertainties on the fundamental properties of solar-type exoplanet host stars

J Tayar, ZR Claytor, D Huber… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Our understanding of the properties and demographics of exoplanets critically relies on our
ability to determine the fundamental properties of their host stars. The advent of Gaia and …

The second APOKASC catalog: the empirical approach

MH Pinsonneault, YP Elsworth, J Tayar… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a catalog of stellar properties for a large sample of 6676 evolved stars with
Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment spectroscopic parameters and …

Asteroseismology and gaia: testing scaling relations using 2200 Kepler stars with TGAS parallaxes

D Huber, J Zinn, M Bojsen-Hansen… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a comparison of parallaxes and radii from asteroseismology and Gaia DR1
(TGAS) for 2200 Kepler stars spanning from the main sequence to the red-giant branch. We …

Asteroseismology of 16,000 Kepler red giants: global oscillation parameters, masses, and radii

J Yu, D Huber, TR Bedding, D Stello… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The Kepler mission has provided exquisite data to perform an ensemble asteroseismic
analysis on evolved stars. In this work we systematically characterize solar-like oscillations …

Confirming chemical clocks: asteroseismic age dissection of the Milky Way disc (s)

V Silva Aguirre, M Bojsen-Hansen… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Investigations of the origin and evolution of the Milky Way disc have long relied on chemical
and kinematic identifications of its components to reconstruct our Galactic past. Difficulties in …

Age dissection of the Milky Way discs: Red giants in the Kepler field

A Miglio, C Chiappini, JT Mackereth, GR Davies… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Ensemble studies of red-giant stars with exquisite asteroseismic (Kepler), spectroscopic
(APOGEE), and astrometric (Gaia) constraints offer a novel opportunity to recast and …

Final Targeting Strategy for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 North Survey

RL Beaton, RJ Oelkers, CR Hayes… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 (APOGEE-2) is a
dual-hemisphere, near-infrared (NIR), spectroscopic survey with the goal of producing a …