A Precise Asteroseismic Age and Radius for the Evolved Sun-like Star KIC 11026764

Metcalfe, T. S.; Monteiro, M. J. P. F. G.; Thompson, M. J.; Molenda-Żakowicz, J.; Appourchaux, T.; Chaplin, W. J.; Doğan, G.; Eggenberger, P.; Bedding, T. R.; Bruntt, H.; Creevey, O. L.; Quirion, P.-O.; Stello, D.; Bonanno, A.; Silva Aguirre, V.; Basu, S.; Esch, L.; Gai, N.; Di Mauro, M. P.; Kosovichev, A. G.; Kitiashvili, I. N.; Suárez, J. C.; Moya, A.; Piau, L.; García, R. A.; Marques, J. P.; Frasca, A.; Biazzo, K.; Sousa, S. G.; Dreizler, S.; Bazot, M.; Karoff, C.; Frandsen, S.; Wilson, P. A.; Brown, T. M.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, J.; Gilliland, R. L.; Kjeldsen, H.; Campante, T. L.; Fletcher, S. T.; Handberg, R.; Régulo, C.; Salabert, D.; Schou, J.; Verner, G. A.; Ballot, J.; Broomhall, A.-M.; Elsworth, Y.; Hekker, S.; Huber, D.; Mathur, S.; New, R.; Roxburgh, I. W.; Sato, K. H.; White, T. R.; Borucki, W. J.; Koch, D. G.; Jenkins, J. M.
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The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. 1583-1598 (2010).

Fecha de publicación:
11
2010
Número de autores
58
Número de autores del IAC
3
Número de citas
150
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122
Descripción
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-like planets. The asteroseismic capabilities of the mission are being used to determine precise radii and ages for the target stars from their solar-like oscillations. Chaplin et al. published observations of three bright G-type stars, which were monitored during the first 33.5 days of science operations. One of these stars, the subgiant KIC 11026764, exhibits a characteristic pattern of oscillation frequencies suggesting that it has evolved significantly. We have derived asteroseismic estimates of the properties of KIC 11026764 from Kepler photometry combined with ground-based spectroscopic data. We present the results of detailed modeling for this star, employing a variety of independent codes and analyses that attempt to match the asteroseismic and spectroscopic constraints simultaneously. We determine both the radius and the age of KIC 11026764 with a precision near 1%, and an accuracy near 2% for the radius and 15% for the age. Continued observations of this star promise to reveal additional oscillation frequencies that will further improve the determination of its fundamental properties.
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