Presentation Info
Speaker: Steven D. Kawaler
Topic: Sounding stars while hunting for planets with Kepler and TESS!
NASA has invested heavily in spacecraft that can hunt for planets around other stars (in particular with Kepler and TESS). These instruments also enable us to probe the subtle vibrations of the stars themselves – star quakes – that can reveal their internal structure via a technique known as asteroseismology. Through asteroseismology we can accurately measure the masses, ages, and radii of the stars – properties that are needed to specify the dimensions of their planets. In addition, the data provide an exquisite record of the behavior of an enormous variety of stars, including some wild variations in otherwise well-behaved white dwarfs. In this talk I’ll discuss the contributions that asteroseismology has been able to make to exoplanet and stellar studies using the remarkable data from Kepler and TESS.
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Time: Aug 16, 2024 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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