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SUMMARY:An introduction to Asteroseismology of cool stars - Guy Davies (Un
 iversity of Birmingham)
DTSTART:20171030T140000Z
DTEND:20171030T150000Z
UID:TALK84371@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Dr. Yufeng Lin
DESCRIPTION: Asteroseismology is one of the major success stories of space
 -based photometry revolution led by the Kepler and CoRoT missions.  The wi
 de-scale detection of oscillations in solar-type stars has led to breakthr
 oughs in in many areas\, e.g.\, the internal rotation of stars\, the chara
 cterisation of exoplanet host stars\, and the measurement of stellar masse
 s and ages for field stars.  In fact\, Asteroseismology is has now become 
 a reference technique to calibrate many other methods of studying stars.  
 I will explain why this has come to be.  I will review why cool stars puls
 ate\, how they pulsate\, and what information can be extracted from the pu
 lsations.  I will present some of the highlight reel science results from 
 asteroseismology and discuss the bright future ahead with the help of TESS
 \, PLATO\, and WFIRST.      
LOCATION:MR14\,  Centre for Mathematical Sciences\, Wilberforce Road\, Cam
 bridge
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