Predicting the Detectability of Oscillations in Solar-type Stars Observed by Kepler

Chaplin, W. J.; Kjeldsen, H.; Bedding, T. R.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, J.; Gilliland, R. L.; Kawaler, S. D.; Appourchaux, T.; Elsworth, Y.; García, R. A.; Houdek, G.; Karoff, C.; Metcalfe, T. S.; Molenda-Żakowicz, J.; Monteiro, M. J. P. F. G.; Thompson, M. J.; Verner, G. A.; Batalha, N.; Borucki, W. J.; Brown, T. M.; Bryson, S. T.; Christiansen, J. L.; Clarke, B. D.; Jenkins, J. M.; Klaus, T. C.; Koch, D.; An, D.; Ballot, J.; Basu, S.; Benomar, O.; Bonanno, A.; Broomhall, A.-M.; Campante, T. L.; Corsaro, E.; Creevey, O. L.; Esch, L.; Gai, N.; Gaulme, P.; Hale, S. J.; Handberg, R.; Hekker, S.; Huber, D.; Mathur, S.; Mosser, B.; New, R.; Pinsonneault, M. H.; Pricopi, D.; Quirion, P.-O.; Régulo, C.; Roxburgh, I. W.; Salabert, D.; Stello, D.; Suran, M. D.
Bibliographical reference

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 732, Issue 1, article id. 54 (2011).

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2011
Number of authors
52
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3
Citations
127
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111
Description
Asteroseismology of solar-type stars has an important part to play in the exoplanet program of the NASA Kepler Mission. Precise and accurate inferences on the stellar properties that are made possible by the seismic data allow very tight constraints to be placed on the exoplanetary systems. Here, we outline how to make an estimate of the detectability of solar-like oscillations in any given Kepler target, using rough estimates of the temperature and radius, and the Kepler apparent magnitude.
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