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What can we learn about convection from asteroseismology?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Hans Kjeldsen  and
Timothy R. Bedding
Hans Kjeldsen
Affiliation:
Institut for Fysik og Astronomi, Aarhus Universitet, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark email: hans@phys.au.dk
Timothy R. Bedding
Affiliation:
School of Physics A28, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia email: bedding@Physics.usyd.edu.au
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Abstract

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Asteroseismology—using stellar oscillations to study the interiors of stars—is a relatively new and growing research field in astrophysics. Oscillations are found in stars of most masses and essentially all stages of evolution. Their frequencies are determined by the internal sound speed and density structure of the star, as well as rotation, convection processes and possibly effects of magnetic fields. Recent developments have led to a breakthrough in our ability to study the details of cores of solar-like stars and it is foreseen that a number of key science questions will be addressed through the analysis of frequencies and other properties of stellar oscillations. In this paper we review some of the latest results from asteroseismology of solar-like stars, with the focus on properties of convection.

Keywords

Convectionstars: oscillations (including pulsations)methods: data analysis
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S239: Convection in Astrophysics , August 2006 , pp. 130 - 137
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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