IAU General Assembly 2006 - Joint Discussion JD17

Highlights of Recent Progress in the Seismology of the Sun and Sun-like Stars

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Joint Discussion 17

RECENT ADVANCES IN HELIO- AND ASTEROSEISMOLOGY

Wednesday, August 23 09:00 through 18:00

Scientific Organizing Committee:  H. Antia (India), A. Baglin (France), P. Cally (Australia), F. Carrier (Switzerland), M.P. Di Mauro (Italy),  H. Kjeldsen (Denmark),  J. Leibacher (USA, co-chair), J. Matthews (Canada),  M. Monteiro (Portugal), P. Palle (Spain), P. Scherrer (USA), H. Shibahashi (Japan), M. Thompson (UK, co-chair), & S. Turck-Chieze (France)

 

Session I. Global Helioseismology and Models

09:00 Introductory Overview: Interplay between global helioseismology & dynamical models   (Invited) J. Toomre
09:25 Time variations            (Invited) F. Hill
09:40 Helioseismology vs the new solar chemical composition (Invited) M. Asplund
09:55 Helioseismology and solar models with the updated elemental abundances (Invited) H. Shibahashi

10:10

What can 3-D global simulations teach us about the solar turbulent (Invited) A.S. Brun
      convection zone, differential rotation, and meridional circulation?
10:25 Non-kinematic flux-transport dynamos and torsional oscillations            (Invited) M. Rempel         
10:40 Coffee                                     
11:00  Determination of global high-degree solar p-mode parameters  M.C. Rabello-Soares
11:10 Knowledge of the solar core dynamics through g modes            R. Garcia
11:25 Internal gravity waves and mixing in the Sun     (Invited) S. Talon 
11:40  Solar dynamics, asphericities, and gravitational moments: present state of the art  JP Rozelot           

11:50

Lunch                                     

Session II. Local Helioseismology, Magnetic Activity, and Mode Physics Helioseismology and Models

13:20  Introductory Overview            (Invited) L. Gizon
13:45 Local helioseismology techniques and results    (Invited) A.G. Kosovichev
14:00 Magnetohelioseismology            (Invited) A. Crouch          
14:15 Seismic diagnostics inferred from amplitudes of stochastically-excited modes                       (Invited) R. Samadi
14:30 Solar supergranulation scale simulations            A. Nordlund           
14:40 Coffee                   

Session III. A New Era of Asteroseismology

15:00  Introductory Overview            (Invited) J.Christensen-Dalsgaard
15:25 Dynamical processes in stellar radiation zones  (Invited) S.  Mathis
15:40 Hot Stars            (Invited) P.  De Cat
15:55 Rotation detection in solar-like stars (Invited) M-J. Goupil
16:10 Asteroseismology with the MOST space mission  (Invited) J. Matthews
16:25 Oscillations in solar-type stars: recent observational results                                                       (Invited) T.R.  Bedding
16:40 Asteroseismology of subgiants and red giants (Invited) H. Kjeldsen

Session IV. Future Activities

16:55  Introductory Overview          J. Leibacher
17:00 SIAMOIS: an interferometric doppler seismometer at Dome C (Invited) J-P.  Maillard
17:10 The Stellar Oscillations Network Group            (Invited) H. Kjeldsen
17:10 The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager for the Solar Dynamics Observatory                                   (Invited) M.C. Rabello-Soares
17:20 The COROT mission: Asteroseismology and Planet Finding  (Invited) I.W. Roxburgh
17:50 PLATO: PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars            (Invited) I.W. Roxburgh  
18:05 Concluding Remarks       M. Thompson                       


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