Talk abstract details

Asteroseismology & Virtual Observatory: the new generation stellar physics is coming.
J.C. Suárez, C. Rodrigo, E. Solano, A. García-Hernández, A. Moya

Abstract

In the last decades, the development of the Stellar Physics has been boosted thanks
to the great improvement of its laboratory: The stellar seismology (Helioseismology
for the Sun, and Asteroseismology for the rest of stars). Today, this branch of
the stellar physics is enjoying a great moment. Several space missions have been
designed and/or adapted for the study of the stellar interior (MOST, CoRoT, Kepler)
and others are now in preparation (PLATO). In addition, many high-precision
instruments are being used to do Asteroseismology (eg. CriRes, UVES, FOCES, FEROS,
HARPS), and others are being designed (NAHUAl, CARMENES, GIANO,...).
Furthermore, one of the great revolutions concerning the management and transmission
of huge amount of information is, without any doubt, Internet and its infinite
number of possibilities. Currently, new Internet-based technology is coming up
almost every day (eg. Web, Web2.0, social nets, ...) are present in our
personal and professional environments. Science, and in particular, Astrophysics,
has the challenge of managing thousands of Terabites (ground-based and space
observations, laboratory data, etc.) per year or even per day, in just one
\emph{click}. Today, this challenge is now a reality with the existence
of the Internet-based general tool: Virtual Observatory.
In this work, we present origin of a promising idea: to join Asteroseismology
with Virtual Observatory. We give details about the applicability, and we comment
a demonstration of the current status of the VO Tool, which is being
developed thanks to the collaboration between the Stellar Physics department
of IAA-CSIC and the Spanish VO (LAEX, CAB).