https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201510106045
Toward long-term all-sky time domain surveys-SINDICS: a prospective concept for a Seismic INDICes Survey of half a million red giants
1 LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, UMR 8109, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Diderot
2 GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, UMR 8111, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Diderot
3 Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM - CNRS - Univ. Paris Diderot - IRFU/Sap
4 CNRS, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planetologie
a e-mail: Eric.Michel@obspm.fr
Published online: 23 September 2015
CoRoT and Kepler have brought a new and deep experience in long-term photometric surveys and how to use them. This is true for exoplanets characterizing, stellar seismology and beyond for studying several other phenomena, like granulation or activity. Based on this experience, it has been possible to propose new generation projects, like TESS and PLATO, with more specific scientific objectives and more ambitious observational programs in terms of sky coverage and/or duration of the observations. In this context and as a prospective exercise, we explore here the possibility to set up an all-sky survey optimized for seismic indices measurement, providing masses, radii and evolution stages for half a million solar-type pulsators (subgiants and red giants), in our galactic neighborhood and allowing unprecedented stellar population studies.
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