Asteroseismic modelling of main-sequence solar-like stars and Kepler exoplanet host stars with the FICO procedure I. Catalogue of fundamental stellar properties

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Autores principales: Bétrisey, Jérôme, Reese, Daniel R., Pezzotti, Camilla, Goupil, Marie-Jo, Cunha, Margarida S.
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author Bétrisey, Jérôme
Reese, Daniel R.
Pezzotti, Camilla
Goupil, Marie-Jo
Cunha, Margarida S.
author_facet Bétrisey, Jérôme
Reese, Daniel R.
Pezzotti, Camilla
Goupil, Marie-Jo
Cunha, Margarida S.
contents We present detailed asteroseismic modelling of 95 main-sequence solar-like stars and Kepler exoplanet host stars using the FICO procedure, a three-step method that combines forward and inverse techniques that enables precise inference of fundamental stellar parameters such as mass, radius, age, and mean density. We applied the FICO procedure to a catalogue of stars with high-quality asteroseismic and classical observations, and compared its results against literature values. We also compared its performance with direct frequency fitting using semi-empirical surface corrections. The FICO procedure achieved statistical precisions of 2.3%, 0.82%, 6.9%, and 0.49% in mass, radius, age, and mean density, respectively on average, well within PLATO quality requirements. We reconfirmed that surface-independent methods more effectively mitigate biases inherent to semi-empirical surface corrections, particularly for stars more massive than 1.15 Msun or above 6050 K. Two regimes were identified: near-solar conditions, where both approaches perform similarly, and higher-mass stars, where surface-independent methods consistently outperform direct fitting methods. While our results are consistent with literature values, we observed age biases (~11.5% on average for the Kepler LEGACY sample) that are comparable to the PLATO accuracy requirement of 10% for a Sun-like star, and therefore not negligible in that context. The FICO procedure provides a robust framework for high-precision stellar characterisation in the PLATO era. Its hybrid architecture effectively addresses surface effects, making it a promising tool for the accurate determination of exoplanet host-star properties. Our findings also highlight the importance of carefully selecting and validating the physical assumptions embedded in stellar models, particularly in the context of next-generation space missions such as PLATO.
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spellingShingle Asteroseismic modelling of main-sequence solar-like stars and Kepler exoplanet host stars with the FICO procedure I. Catalogue of fundamental stellar properties
Bétrisey, Jérôme
Reese, Daniel R.
Pezzotti, Camilla
Goupil, Marie-Jo
Cunha, Margarida S.
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
We present detailed asteroseismic modelling of 95 main-sequence solar-like stars and Kepler exoplanet host stars using the FICO procedure, a three-step method that combines forward and inverse techniques that enables precise inference of fundamental stellar parameters such as mass, radius, age, and mean density. We applied the FICO procedure to a catalogue of stars with high-quality asteroseismic and classical observations, and compared its results against literature values. We also compared its performance with direct frequency fitting using semi-empirical surface corrections. The FICO procedure achieved statistical precisions of 2.3%, 0.82%, 6.9%, and 0.49% in mass, radius, age, and mean density, respectively on average, well within PLATO quality requirements. We reconfirmed that surface-independent methods more effectively mitigate biases inherent to semi-empirical surface corrections, particularly for stars more massive than 1.15 Msun or above 6050 K. Two regimes were identified: near-solar conditions, where both approaches perform similarly, and higher-mass stars, where surface-independent methods consistently outperform direct fitting methods. While our results are consistent with literature values, we observed age biases (~11.5% on average for the Kepler LEGACY sample) that are comparable to the PLATO accuracy requirement of 10% for a Sun-like star, and therefore not negligible in that context. The FICO procedure provides a robust framework for high-precision stellar characterisation in the PLATO era. Its hybrid architecture effectively addresses surface effects, making it a promising tool for the accurate determination of exoplanet host-star properties. Our findings also highlight the importance of carefully selecting and validating the physical assumptions embedded in stellar models, particularly in the context of next-generation space missions such as PLATO.
title Asteroseismic modelling of main-sequence solar-like stars and Kepler exoplanet host stars with the FICO procedure I. Catalogue of fundamental stellar properties
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27842