Pulsating stars harbouring planets

In this talk, I present a review of the current status of the very recent line of research linking stellar seismology and exoplanet search. I give a summary of the main exoplanet searching techniques and a general overview of stellar seismology. Some examples of the synergies between these two lines will also be given. If a star harbouring planets is found to be pulsating, our knowledge of the physical characteristics of these planets is significantly improved. We currently are carrying out observational campaigns to increase the number of these types of stars. Finally I summarize the present and future of this research line, its links with the space missions CoRoT and Kepler and with the future missions and ground-based instruments.

 

Date: 
19/02/2010 - 18:00
Speaker: 
Andrés Moya Bedón
Filiation: 
CAB - CSIC


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