KASC Working Group Structure

 

 

1. Solar-like p-mode Oscillations:

WG chair: William Chaplin, University of Birmingham, UK

Email: wjc@bison.ph.bham.ac.uk

 

1.1 Time series analysis I: Extraction of separations and global frequency parameters

Chair: Rafael Garcia, IRFU CEA / Saclay, France

 

1.2 Time series analysis II: Fit to frequency Spectrum (HH exercises)

Chair: Thierry Appourchaux, Université Paris XI, France

 

1.3 Analysis of mode excitation, and damping

Chair: Günter Houdek, University of Cambridge, UK

 

1.4 Background granulation in solar-like stars

Chair: Christoffer Karoff, University of Birmingham, UK

 

1.5 Stellar Modelling I: Creation of large model grid and comparison between models

Chair: Travis Metcalfe, High Altitude Observatory, Colorado, USA

 

1.6 Stellar Modelling II: Fitting models to observed frequencies

Chair: Mario Monteiro, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

 

1.7 Stellar Modelling III: Rotation, mixing and new physics

Chair: Michael Thompson, University of Sheffield, UK

 

1.8 Analysis of phase variations and long term variations in frequencies

Chair: Yvonne Elsworth, University of Birmingham, UK

 

1.9 Ground-based follow up:

Chair: Joanna Molenda-Zakowicz, University of Wroclaw, Poland

 

                       

2. Oscillations in Clusters:

WG chair: Sarbani Basu, Yale University, USA

Email: sarbani.basu@yale.edu

 

2.1 Time series analysis and background granulation

Chair: Dennis Stello, University of Sydney, Australia

 

2.2 Analysis of mode excitation and damping

Chair: Benoît Mosser, Observatoire de Paris, France

 

2.3 Stellar Modelling

Chair: Sarbani Basu, Yale University, USA

 

2.4 Analysis of phase variations and long term variations in frequencies

Chair: Ian Stevens, University of Birmingham, UK

 

2.5 Ground-based follow up

Chair: Hans Bruntt, Observatoire de Paris, France

                               

 

3. Beta Cephei Stars:

WG chair: Gerald Handler, Universität Wien, Austria

Email: handler@astro.univie.ac.at

 

3.1 Time series analysis, analysis of phase variations and long term variations in frequencies

Chair: Gerald Handler, Universität Wien, Austria

 

3.2 Analysis of mode excitation and damping

Chair: Marian Doru Suran, Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, Romania

 

3.3 Stellar Modelling

Chair: Ian Roxburgh, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

 

3.4 Ground-based follow up

Chair: Maryline Briquet, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

 

3.5 Oscillations in Be stars

Chair: Juan Gutierrez-Soto, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France

                               

 

4. Delta Scuti stars:

WG chair: Donald Kurtz, University of Central Lancashire, UK

Email: DWKurtz@uclan.ac.uk

 

4.1 Time series analysis

Chair: Donald Kurtz, University of Central Lancashire, UK

 

4.2 Stellar Modelling and excitation of oscillations

Chair: Jadwiga Daszynska-Daszkiewicz, Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Poland

 

4.3 Analysis of phase variations and long term variations in frequencies

Chair: Andrzej Pigulski, University of Wroclaw, Poland

 

4.4 Ground-based follow up

Chair: Marcella Marconi, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Italy

                               

 

5. roAp stars:

WG chair: Margarida Cunha, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Email: mcunha@astro.up.pt

 

5.1 Time series analysis

Chair: Luis Balona, South African Astronomical Observatory, South Africa

 

5.2 Stellar Modelling

Chair: Margarida Cunha, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

 

5.3 Ground-based follow up

Chair: Donald Kurtz, University of Central Lancashire, UK

 

 

6. Slowly Pulsating B-stars:

WG chair: Peter De Cat, Royal Observatory of Belgium

Email: Peter.DeCat@oma.be

 

6.1 Time series analysis

Chair: Luis Balona, South African Astronomical Observatory, South Africa

 

6.2 Stellar Modelling and excitation of oscillations

Chair: Ian Roxburgh, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

 

6.3 Ground-based follow up

Chair: Peter De Cat, Royal Observatory of Belgium

 

 

7. Cepheids:

WG chair: Robert Szabó, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

Email: rszabo@konkoly.hu

 

 

8. Red Giants:

WG chair: Joris De Ridder, K.U. Leuven, Belgium

Email: Joris.DeRidder@ster.kuleuven.be

 

8.1 Time series analysis

Chair: Saskia Hekker, University of Birmingham, UK

 

8.2 Analysis of phase variations and long term variations in frequencies

Chair: Yvonne Elsworth, University of Birmingham, UK

 

8.3 Stellar Modelling

Chair: Dennis Stello, University of Sydney, Australia

 

8.4 Ground-based follow up

Chair: Søren Frandsen, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark

 

 

9. Pulsations in binary and multiple stars:

WG chair: Conny Aerts, K.U. Leuven, Belgium

Email: conny@ster.kuleuven.be

 

9.1 Time series analysis

Chair: Ian Stevens, University of Birmingham, UK

 

9.2 Iterative light curve modeling

Chair: Andrej Prsa, Villanova, USA

 

9.3 Stellar Modelling

Chair: Conny Aerts, K.U. Leuven, Belgium

 

9.4 Ground-based follow up

Chair: John Southworth, University of Warwick, UK

 

 

10. Gamma Doradus stars:

WG chair: Joyce Ann Guzik, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Email: joy@lanl.gov

 

10.1 Time series analysis

Chair: Katrien Uytterhoeven, Saclay, France

 

10.2 Stellar Modelling

Chair: Joyce Ann Guzik, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

 

10.3 Ground-based follow up

Chair: Katrien Uytterhoeven, Saclay, France

 

 

11. Compact pulsators:

WG chair: Steve Kawaler, Iowa State University, USA

Email: sdk@iastate.edu

 

11.1 Time series analysis

Chair: Mike Reed, Missouri State University, USA

 

11.2 Analysis of mode excitation and damping

Chair: Stephane Charpinet, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, France

 

11.3 Stellar Modelling

Chair: Don Winget, University of Texas at Austin, USA

 

11.4 Analysis of phase variations and long term variations in frequencies

Chair: Roberto Silvotti, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Italy

 

11.5 Ground-based follow up I: Time series data, Colour photometry, radial velocities

Chair: Roy H. Østernsen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

 

11.6 Ground-based follow up II: Basic properties, spectroscopy

Chair: Suzanne Randall, ESO Garching, Germany

 

 

12. Miras and Semiregulars:

WG chair: Laszlo Kiss, Konkoly Observatory of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Email: kiss@konkoly.hu

 

 

13. RR Lyrae stars:

WG chair: Katrien Kolenberg, University of Vienna, Austria

Email: katrien.kolenberg@gmail.com

 

13.1 Time series analysis

Chair: Katrien Kolenberg, University of Vienna, Austria

 

13.2 Stellar Modelling

Chair: Robert Szabó, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

 

13.3 Ground-based follow up

Chair: Donald Kurtz, University of Central Lancashire, UK

 

 

 

KASC Steering Committee:

Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard – chair (KASOC, Aarhus University, Denmark)

Ronald Gilliland (Space Telescope Science Institute, USA)

Hans Kjeldsen (KASOC, Aarhus University, Denmark)

William Chaplin (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK)

Travis Metcalfe (High Altitude Observatory, NCAR, Boulder, USA)

Mario Monteiro (Centro de Astrofísica de Universidade do Porto, Portugal)

Thierry Appourchaux (IAS Orsay, France)

Steven Kawaler (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, USA)

Conny Aerts (Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Leuven, Belgium)

Tim R. Bedding (University of Sydney, Australia)

Don W. Kurtz (Centre for Astrophysics, University of Central Lancashire, UK)

Sarbani Basu (Yale University, USA)