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 a precise and largely model-independent determination of stellar radii (hence distances) and masses. We here briefly report on the distance determination of thousands of giants in the CoRoT and Kepler fields of view.
@article{arxiv.1111.4366,
title = {Solar-like pulsating stars as distance indicators: G-K giants in the CoRoT and Kepler fields},
author = {Andrea Miglio and Thierry Morel and Mauro Barbieri and Benoit Mosser and Leo Girardi and Josefina Montalban and Marica Valentini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.4366},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
2 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of "Assembling the Puzzle of the Milky Way", Le Grand Bornand (Apr. 17-22, 2011), C. Reyle, A. Robin, M. Schultheis (eds.)