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Asteroseismic inferences of main-sequence solar-like oscillators often rely on best-fit models. However, these models cannot fully reproduce the observed mode frequencies, suggesting that the internal structure of the model does not fully…

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Context. While rotation has a major impact on stellar structure and evolution, its effects are not well understood. Thanks to high- quality and long timebase photometric observations obtained with recent space missions, we are now able to…

In recent years, astronomers have witnessed major progresses in the field of stellar physics. This was made possible thanks to the combination of a solid theoretical understanding of the phenomena of stellar pulsations and the availability…

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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 to measure the physics of stellar interiors via nonradial…

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We present an asymptotic theory that describes regular frequency spacings of pressure modes in rapidly rotating stars. We use an asymptotic method based on an approximate solution of the pressure wave equation constructed from a stable…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-27 Michael Pasek , François Lignières , Bertrand Georgeot , Daniel R. Reese

CoRoT and Kepler high-precision photometric data allowed the detection and characterization of the oscillation parameters in stars other than the Sun. Moreover, thanks to the scaling relations, it is possible to estimate masses and radii…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 S. Barceló Forteza , T. Roca Cortés , R. A. García

The power of asteroseismology relies on the ability to infer the stellar structure from the unambiguous frequency identification of the corresponding pulsation mode. Hence, the use of a Fourier transform is in the basis of asteroseismic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-29 J. Pascual-Granado , R. Garrido , J. C. Suárez

In the context of the space-based mission CoRoT, devoted to asteroseismology and search for planet transits, we analyse the accuracy of fundamental stellar parameters (mass, radius, luminosity) that can be obtained from asteroseismological…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 C. Mulet-Marquis , I. Baraffe , S. Aigrain , F. Pont

Non-axisymmetric oscillations of rapidly rotating relativistic stars are studied using the Cowling approximation. The oscillation spectra have been estimated by Fourier transforming the evolution equations describing the perturbations. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-29 Erich Gaertig , Kostas D. Kokkotas

Asteroseismology using space-based telescopes is vital to our understanding of stellar structure and evolution. {\textit{CoRoT}}, {\textit{Kepler}}, and {\textit{TESS}} space telescopes have detected large numbers of solar-like oscillating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 Z. Çelik Orhan , M. Yıldız , C. Kayhan

A new non-perturbative method to compute accurate oscillation modes in rapidly rotating stars is presented. In this paper, the effect of the centrifugal force is fully taken into account while the Coriolis force is neglected. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Lignieres , M. Rieutord , D. Reese

Rotation plays an important role in stellar evolution. However, the mechanisms behind the transport of angular momentum in stars at various stages of their evolution are not well understood. To improve our understanding of these processes,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-03 V. Vanlaer , D. M. Bowman , S. Burssens , S. Bharati Das , L. Bugnet , S. Mathis , C. Aerts

Internal waves propagating in stellar radiative zones can lead to efficient angular momentum transport, that should occur throughout the whole lifetime of stars. They thus play a key role in shaping the internal rotation profile of these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-08 Q. André , S. Mathis , L. Amard

Rotation is an important, yet poorly-modelled phenomenon of stellar structure and evolution. Accurate estimates of internal rotation rates are therefore valuable for constraining stellar evolution models. We aim to assess the accuracy of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-29 F. Ahlborn , E. P. Bellinger , S. Hekker , S. Basu , D. Mokrytska

With the construction of the VLTI (Very Large Telescope Interferometer of the European Observatory ESO for the southern hemisphere) it is now possible to make observations with resolutions of the order of milli-arc-seconds, especially in IR…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-22 M. Hadjara

We study small-amplitude, nonlinear pulsations of uniformly and differentially rotating neutron stars employing a two-dimensional evolution code for general-relativistic hydrodynamics. Using Fourier transforms at several points inside the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Nikolaos Stergioulas , Theocharis A. Apostolatos , Jose A. Font

Asteroseismology involves using the resonant frequencies of a star to infer details about its internal structure and evolutionary state. Oscillation frequencies are most useful when accompanied by accurate measurements of the more…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Timothy R. Bedding

Under the assumption of thermal wind balance and effective entropy mixing in constant rotation surfaces, the isorotational contours of the solar convective zone may be reproduced with great fidelity. Even at this early stage of development,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Steven A. Balbus , Nigel O. Weiss

Searching for combinations in the frequency spectra of variable stars is a commonly used method within the asteroseismological community, as harmonics and linear combinations of individual frequencies are expected to appear not only by…

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