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Main Authors: Grusnis, Sophia, Tayar, Jamie, Godoy-Rivera, Diego
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12513
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author Grusnis, Sophia
Tayar, Jamie
Godoy-Rivera, Diego
author_facet Grusnis, Sophia
Tayar, Jamie
Godoy-Rivera, Diego
contents Asteroseismology, the study of stellar oscillations, and stellar modeling both offer profound insights into the fundamental properties and evolution of stars. With pySYD, a new open-source Python package, we were able to constrain the asteroseismic global parameters, $ν_{max}$ and $Δν$, for 82 solar-like oscillating subgiant and lower red giant stars, filling in the region between the Kepler dwarfs and giants. Using asteroseismic scaling relations, we were able to compute seismic masses, radii, and surface gravities for our entire sample with average errors of 0.21 $M_{\bigodot}$, 0.27 $R_{\bigodot}$, and 0.06 dex respectively. Using 4 stellar modeling grids we determine and compare stellar ages for our sample. We find that our age distribution from stellar modeling is consistent with other local star samples. We find small consistent offsets from model predictions across our regime, but offsets were worse at higher gravities (log(g) $\geq$ 3.5 dex), suggesting the need for better calibration. Finally, we discuss our sample in the context of galactic archaeology and show how ages like these could be used to identify and study binary system evolution and galactic evolution in the future. All in all, we show that asteroseismology can be successfully performed with TESS data and can continue to make an impact on our understanding of stellar physics and galactic archaeology.
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spellingShingle TESS Subgiant and Lower Red Giant Asteroseismology in the Continuous Viewing Zones
Grusnis, Sophia
Tayar, Jamie
Godoy-Rivera, Diego
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Asteroseismology, the study of stellar oscillations, and stellar modeling both offer profound insights into the fundamental properties and evolution of stars. With pySYD, a new open-source Python package, we were able to constrain the asteroseismic global parameters, $ν_{max}$ and $Δν$, for 82 solar-like oscillating subgiant and lower red giant stars, filling in the region between the Kepler dwarfs and giants. Using asteroseismic scaling relations, we were able to compute seismic masses, radii, and surface gravities for our entire sample with average errors of 0.21 $M_{\bigodot}$, 0.27 $R_{\bigodot}$, and 0.06 dex respectively. Using 4 stellar modeling grids we determine and compare stellar ages for our sample. We find that our age distribution from stellar modeling is consistent with other local star samples. We find small consistent offsets from model predictions across our regime, but offsets were worse at higher gravities (log(g) $\geq$ 3.5 dex), suggesting the need for better calibration. Finally, we discuss our sample in the context of galactic archaeology and show how ages like these could be used to identify and study binary system evolution and galactic evolution in the future. All in all, we show that asteroseismology can be successfully performed with TESS data and can continue to make an impact on our understanding of stellar physics and galactic archaeology.
title TESS Subgiant and Lower Red Giant Asteroseismology in the Continuous Viewing Zones
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12513