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The detection of oscillations with a mixed character in subgiants and red giants allows us to probe the physical conditions in their cores. With these mixed modes, we aim at determining seismic markers of stellar evolution. Kepler…

Core rotation rates of red-giant stars inferred from asteroseismic observations are substantially lower than predicted by current stellar models. This indicates the lack of an efficient angular momentum transport mechanism in radiative…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-23 Beatriz Bordadágua , Felix Ahlborn , Quentin Coppée , João P. Marques , Kévin Belkacem , Saskia Hekker

Recent asteroseismic analyses have revealed the presence of strong (B $\gtrsim 10^5$ G) magnetic fields in the cores of many red giant stars. Here, we examine the implications of these results for the evolution of stellar magnetic fields,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-15 Matteo Cantiello , Jim Fuller , Lars Bildsten

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 and granulation for 16,094 oscillating red giants, using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 Jie Yu , Daniel Huber , Timothy R. Bedding , Dennis Stello , Marc Hon , Simon J. Murphy , Shourya Khanna

Magnetic fields have been measured recently in the core of red giant stars thanks to their effects on stellar oscillation frequencies. The search for magnetic signatures in pulsating stars, such as $\gamma$ Doradus or Slowly Pulsation B…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-23 François Lignières , Jérôme Ballot , Sébastien Deheuvels , Marion Galoy

Measuring stellar inclinations is fundamental to understand planetary formation and dynamics as well as physical conditions during star formation. Oscillation spectra of red giant stars exhibit mixed modes that have both a gravity component…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-27 C. Gehan , B. Mosser , E. Michel , M. S. Cunha

Since the detection of non-radial solar-like oscillation modes in red giants with the CoRoT satellite, the interest in the asteroseismic properties of red giants and the link with their global properties and internal structure is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-22 Josefina Montalbán , Arlette Noels

The availability of asteroseismic constraints for a large number of red giants with CoRoT and in the near future with Kepler, paves the way for detailed studies of populations of galactic-disk red giants. We investigate which information on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 A. Miglio , J. Montalban , P. Eggenberger , S. Hekker , A. Noels

The space mission Kepler provides us with long and uninterrupted photometric time series of red giants. We are now able to probe the rotational behaviour in their deep interiors using the observations of mixed modes. We aim to measure the…

The detection of mixed modes in red giants with space missions CoRoT and Kepler has revealed their deep internal structure. These modes allow us to characterize the pattern of pressure modes (through the measurement of their asymptotic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 S. Deheuvels , J. Ballot , C. Gehan , B. Mosser

We perform a detailed asteroseismic analysis of four red giants observed by Kepler: KIC 9145955, KIC 9970396, KIC 9882316, and KIC 11968334. Our study is based on individual oscillation frequencies, with particular emphasis on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Xinyi Zhang , Tanda Li , Jianxing Chen , Xinghao Chen , Gang Li , Chunqian Li , Shaolan Bi

The asteroseismology of red giant stars has continued to yield surprises since the onset of high-precision photometry from space-based observations. An exciting new theoretical result shows that the previously observed suppression of dipole…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 D. Stello , M. Cantiello , J. Fuller , R. A. Garcia , D. Huber

Context : We still do not know which mechanisms are responsible for the transport of angular momentum inside stars. The recent detection of mixed modes that contain the signature of rotation in the spectra of Kepler subgiants and red giants…

Tens of thousands of red giant stars in the Kepler data exhibit solar-like oscillations. Their oscillations enable us to study the internal physics from core to surface, such as differential rotation. However, envelope rotation rates have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-21 Gang Li , Sebastien Deheuvels , Jerome Ballot

During the past 10 years the unprecedented quality and frequency resolution of asteroseismic data provided by space photometry has revolutionized the study of red-giant stars providing us with the possibility to probe the interior of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 F. P. Pijpers , M. P. Di Mauro , R. Ventura

Red giant asteroseismology can provide valuable information for studying the Galaxy as demonstrated by space missions like CoRoT and Kepler. However, previous observations have been limited to small data sets and fields-of-view. The TESS…

The detection of mixed modes in subgiants and red giants by the CoRoT and \emph{Kepler} space-borne missions allows us to investigate the internal structure of evolved low-mass stars. In particular, the measurement of the mean core rotation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 K. Belkacem , J. P. Marques , M. J. Goupil , B. Mosser , T. Sonoi , R. M. Ouazzani , M. A. Dupret , S. Mathis , M. Grosjean

The clear detection with CoRoT and KEPLER of radial and non-radial solar-like oscillations in many red giants paves the way to seismic inferences on the structure of such stars. We present an overview of the properties of the adiabatic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 J. Montalbán , A. Miglio , A. Noels , R. Scuflaire , P. Ventura

This paper reports estimated stellar parameters of 1,153 Kepler red giant branch stars determined with asteroseismic modeling. We use radial-mode oscillation frequencies, gravity-mode period spacings, Gaia luminosities, and spectroscopic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-10 Yingxiang Wang , Tanda Li , Shaolan Bi , Timothy R. Bedding , Yaguang Li

Thanks to the recent very high-precision photometry of red giants from satellites such as Kepler, precise mass and radius values as well as accurate information of evolutionary stages are already established by asteroseismic approach for a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Yoichi Takeda , Akito Tajitsu