Asteroseismology in the Era of Surveys from Space and the Ground: Stars, Planets, and the Milky Way

Welcome

Asteroseismology is a young and rapidly developing field in stellar astrophysics. It enables efficient probes of stellar interiors and provides critical input to many fields in contemporary astrophysics. Being very sensitive to the total time span and precision of individual stellar brightness measurements, observational asteroseismology has experienced significant boosts with the launch of space-missions such as CoRoT, Kepler/K2, and TESS. The interior macro- and micro-physics are now being probed with unprecedented precision for isolated stars, as well as stellar populations across the entire HR diagram. Powerful synergies between asteroseismology and the fields of binary stars, exoplanets, stellar clusters, and galactic archeology are emerging fast. In this collaboration focussed workshop, we aim to place asteroseismology in a wider context, reach out to other fields in astrophysics, and focus on the synergies of joint exploitation of large-scale space- and ground-based surveys. Now more than 10 years since the seminal workshop at Aarhus University, Denmark, where Kepler asteroseismology was put into practice for the first time, space missions have opened a new horizon for observational asteroseismology as we know it today. This workshop will highlight the ongoing successes emerging from the full-sky, double-hemisphere TESS data exploration, and place a strong focus on the synergy with complementary large-scale surveys. The workshop will take place from 11-15 July 2022 at KU Leuven, Belgium - one of the most active asteroseismic centres in Europe - and the scientific programme covers a broad range of research topics.

The SOC and LOC aim to create an environment of discussion and participation. This collaboration focussed workshop will include a tutorial on asteroseismology for the non-expert, dedicated time for starting new collaborations between different fields, a poster session, and formal presentations from invited and contributed speakers. In this way, we hope to maximise the time for collaboration amongst members of different fields of astronomy.

the SOC and LOC