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astro-ph.SR2010★ 125 cited

Bayesian peak-bagging of solar-like oscillators using MCMC: A comprehensive guide

R. Handberg, T. L. Campante

Context: Asteroseismology has entered a new era with the advent of the NASA Kepler mission. Long and continuous photometric observations of unprecedented quality are now available…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 60 cited

Asteroseismic modelling of the solar-type subgiant star Hydri

I. M. Brandão, G. Dogan, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard +6

Comparing models and data of pulsating stars is a powerful way to understand the stellar structure better.βHyi is an evolved solar-type pulsator with mixed modes in its frequency s…

astro-ph.SR2010

Oscillations and magnetic fields in the G8 star EK Eridani

T. H. Dall, M. Cunha, K. G. Strassmeier +2

Asteroseismology can provide information that is otherwise not easily accessible, like the stellar mass and the evolutionary stage. Strong magnetic fields are usually accompanied b…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 19 cited

Atmospheric parameters of red giants in the Kepler field

H. Bruntt, S. Frandsen, A. O. Thygesen

Accurate fundamental parameters of stars are mandatory for the asteroseismic investigation of the Kepler mission to succeed. We will determine the atmospheric parameters for a samp…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 70 cited

Regularities in frequency spacings of Delta Scuti stars: The Kepler star KIC 9700322

M. Breger, L. Balona, P. Lenz +15

In the faint star KIC 9700322 observed by the Kepler satellite, 76 frequencies with amplitudes from 14 to 29000 ppm were detected. The two dominant frequencies at 9.79 and 12.57 c/…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 88 cited

Tracing the evolution of NGC6397 through the chemical composition of its stellar populations

K. Lind, C. Charbonnel, T. Decressin +3

With the aim to constrain multiple populations in the metal-poor globular cluster NGC6397, we analyse and discuss the chemical compositions of a large number of elements in 21 red…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 80 cited

Kepler photometry of the prototypical Blazhko star RR Lyr: An old friend seen in a new light

K. Kolenberg, S. Bryson, R. Szabó +18

We present our analysis of the long cadence Kepler data for the well-studied Blazhko star RR Lyr, gathered during the first two quarters of the satellite's observations and coverin…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 3 cited

Stellar Imager (SI): developing and testing a predictive dynamo model for the Sun by imaging other stars

Kenneth G. Carpenter, Carolus J. Schrijver, Margarita Karovska +39

The Stellar Imager mission concept is a space-based UV/Optical interferometer designed to resolve surface magnetic activity and subsurface structure and flows of a population of Su…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 45 cited

Massive unseen companions to hot faint underluminous stars from SDSS (MUCHFUSS) - Analysis of seven close subdwarf B binaries

S. Geier, P. F. L. Maxted, R. Napiwotzki +12

The project Massive Unseen Companions to Hot Faint Underluminous Stars from SDSS (MUCHFUSS) aims at finding hot subdwarf stars with massive compact companions like massive white dw…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 6 cited

Probing the parameter space of HD 49933: a comparison between global and local methods

O. L. Creevey, M. Bazot

We present two independent methods for studying the global stellar parameter space (mass M, age, initial chemical composition X_0, Z_0) of HD 49933 with seismic data. Using a local…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 69 cited

Asteroseismology of the Transiting Exoplanet Host HD 17156 with HST FGS

Ronald L. Gilliland, Peter R. McCullough, Edmund P. Nelan +5

Observations conducted with the Fine Guidance Sensor on Hubble Space Telescope (HST) providing high cadence and precision time-series photometry were obtained over 10 consecutive d…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 260 cited

Asteroseismology of red giants from the first four months of Kepler data: Fundamental parameters

T. Kallinger, B. Mosser, S. Hekker +18

Clear power excess in a frequency range typical for solar-type oscillations in red giants has been detected in more than 1000 stars, which have been observed during the first 138 d…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 199 cited

Asteroseismology of red giants from the first four months of Kepler data: Global oscillation parameters for 800 stars

D. Huber, T. R. Bedding, D. Stello +19

We have studied solar-like oscillations in ~800 red-giant stars using Kepler long-cadence photometry. The sample includes stars ranging in evolution from the lower part of the red-…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 163 cited

A precise asteroseismic age and radius for the evolved Sun-like star KIC 11026764

T. S. Metcalfe, M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro, M. J. Thompson +55

The primary science goal of the Kepler Mission is to provide a census of exoplanets in the solar neighborhood, including the identification and characterization of habitable Earth-…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 109 cited

Kepler observations of the beaming binary KPD 1946+4340

S. Bloemen, T. R. Marsh, R. H. Østensen +24

The Kepler Mission has acquired 33.5d of continuous one-minute photometry of KPD 1946+4340, a short-period binary system that consists of an sdB and a white dwarf. In the light cur…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 25 cited

Variations of the amplitudes of oscillation of the Be star Achernar

K. J. F. Goss, C. Karoff, W. J. Chaplin +2

We report on finding variations in amplitude of the two main oscillation frequencies found in the Be star Achernar, over a period of 5 years. They were uncovered by analysing photo…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 96 cited

Age and helium content of the open cluster NGC 6791 from multiple eclipsing binary members. I. Measurements, methods, and first results

K. Brogaard, H. Bruntt, F. Grundahl +4

Earlier measurements of the masses and radii of the detached eclipsing binary V20 in the open cluster NGC 6791 were accurate enough to demonstrate that there are significant differ…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 43 cited

Atmospheric parameters and pulsational properties for a sample of \,Sct, \,Dor, and hybrid {\it Kepler} targets

G. Catanzaro, V. Ripepi, S. Bernabei +14

We report spectroscopic observations for 19 \,Sct candidates observed by the {\it Kepler} satellite both in long and short cadence mode. For all these stars, by using spectral s…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 46 cited

Core properties of alpha Cen A using asteroseismology

P. de Meulenaer, F. Carrier, A. Miglio +5

A set of long and nearly continuous observations of alpha Centauri A should allow us to derive an accurate set of asteroseismic constraints to compare to models, and make inference…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 42 cited

OGLE-2009-BLG-092/MOA-2009-BLG-137: A Dramatic Repeating Event With the Second Perturbation Predicted by Real-Time Analysis

Y. -H. Ryu, C. Han, K. -H. Hwang +105

We report the result of the analysis of a dramatic repeating gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2009-BLG-092/MOA-2009-BLG-137, for which the light curve is characterized by two…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 120 cited

Solar-like oscillations in red giants observed with Kepler: comparison of global oscillation parameters from different methods

S. Hekker, Y. Elsworth, J. De Ridder +20

The large number of stars for which uninterrupted high-precision photometric timeseries data are being collected with \textit{Kepler} and CoRoT initiated the development of automat…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 10 cited

Seismic signatures of stellar cores of solar-like pulsators: dependence on mass and age

I. M. Brandão, M. S. Cunha, O. L. Creevey +1

Useful information from the inner layers of stellar pulsators may be derived from the study of their oscillations. In this paper we analyse three diagnostic tools suggested in the…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 37 cited

First Kepler results on compact pulsators II: KIC 010139564, a new pulsating subdwarf B (V361 Hya) star with an additional low-frequency mode

Steven D. Kawaler, M. D. Reed, A. C. Quint +13

We present the discovery of nonradial pulsations in a hot subdwarf B star based on 30.5 days of nearly continuous time-series photometry using the \emph{Kepler} spacecraft. KIC 010…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 43 cited

First Kepler results on compact pulsators III: Subdwarf B stars with V1093~Her and hybrid (DW~Lyn) type pulsations

M. D. Reed, S. D. Kawaler, R. H. Ostensen +12

We present the discovery of nonradial pulsations in five hot subdwarf B (sdB) stars based on 27 days of nearly continuous time-series photometry using the Kepler spacecraft. We fin…