Abstract
The NASA Kepler mission—in flight since March 2009—is producing an enormous number of high-quality continuous light curves. Now, and for the first time ever, we are able to do ensemble asteroseismology, i.e., to do an asteroseismic analysis with a statistically significant sub-sample of solar-like stars covering a wide range of stellar characteristics. In the present work, I highlight some of the most recent studies carried out using these data.
R.A. Garcıa on behalf of the WG#1 Team
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RAG wishes to thank the Kepler team. Funding for this Discovery mission is provided by NASAs Science Mission Directorate. This work has received funding from the FP7/2007-2013 program No. 269194 and the NSF Grant No. NSF PHY05-51164.
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García, R.A. (2013). Solar-Like Stars Observed by Kepler: An Incredible Adventure. In: Suárez, J., Garrido, R., Balona, L., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J. (eds) Stellar Pulsations. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29630-7_33
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