IAU Special Sessions (GA)
SpS13: High-precision tests of stellar physics from high-precision photometry
Start date/time
August 27, 2012, 00:00
End date/time
August 31, 2012
Place
Beijing,
China Nanjing
Contact
Dave Soderblom
drs@stsci.edu
Event website
http://www.stsci.edu/institute/conference/iausps13
SOC Co-Chairs: David Soderblom (United States), Andrea Dupree (United States)
SOC Members: Conny Aerts (Belgium), Martin Asplund (Germany), Annie Baglin (France), Timothy Bedding (Australia), Jadwiga Daszynska-Daszkiewicz (Poland), LiCai Deng (China Nanjing), Fabio Favata (Italy), Jianning Fu (China Nanjing), Marc Pinsonneault (United States), Ignasi Ribas (Spain), Sylvie Vauclair (France), Werner Weiss (Austria), Suzanne Aigrain (United Kingdom)
Editors of Proceedings: Lucianne Walkopwicz (United States), David Soderblom (United States)
Topics:
- The current state of stellar models
- What physical parameters can be learned from high-precision photometry
- Properties of evolved stars
- Tests of the interior physics of solar-type stars
- Singular and unusual phenomena on stars
- New insights into pulsating stars
- Compact stars (including white dwarfs)
- Stellar interiors and magnetic fields, convection, and activity.
