24 August 2007, 8:30 - 10:00 (TBC)
The coming decade should see a major expansion in our ability to observe stellar oscillations and hence probe stellar interiors by means of asteroseismology. The great promise of the CoRoT mission will be discussed in this session. Following CoRoT, already late next year the NASA Kepler mission will be launched. Although mainly designed for exo-planet search the mission provides excellent possibilities for asteroseismology; this use of Kepler data will be organized through the Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium which is now being set up. Further advances would result from the SIAMOIS project being developed for Dome C in Antarctica, and the planned SONG network. In the further horizon the PLATO project, proposed for ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015 - 2025, would yield outstanding asteroseismic data for a huge number of stars. In this session these projects will be presented and the community involvement in them will be discussed.
| Program | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 | Introduction | J. Christensen-Dalsgaard |
| 8:35 | CoRoT | E. Michel |
| 8:55 | Kepler | J. Christensen-Dalsgaard |
| 9:15 | PLATO | C. Catala |
| 9:30 | SIAMOIS | TBD |
| 9:45 | SONG | Frank Grundahl |
24 August 2007, 11:00 - 12:30 (TBC)
We are still living in a golden age of helioseismology, with SOHO/MDI, BiSON, and GONG++ still operating; the launch of SDO/HMI scheduled in the near future; and Solar Orbiter under discussion. However, it is timely to begin planning for the post-SDO and GONG++ era. Large scientific projects (both space and ground-based) now take 15-30 years between conceptual and operational status. This long lead time requires the community to plan the next generation of facilities even as the current ones are comissioned. This session will solicit technical and scientific ideas, strategies, and advice for the next generation of large helioseismology facilities.
| Program | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Future of ground-based networks | Hill & BiSON representative | ||
| Future of Space-borne missions | SDO/HMI & Solar Orbiter representatives | ||
| Discussion | Led by F. Hill | ||
24 August 2007, 13:30 - 15:00 (TBC)
Local helioseismology offers a variety of methods to probe the solar interior in three dimensions. The purpose of this splinter meeting is to present and discuss the status of the HELAS local helioseismology network activity: existing data sets and software tools, as well as future plans.
| Program | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:30 | Introduction | L. Gizon | |
| 13:35 | Existing tools: HELAS local helioseismology data web page, web interface for travel-time kernels |
H. Schunker Y. Saidi |
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| 14:00 | Discussion: What software tools should be made available? | ||
| 14:30 | Discussion: How do we handle SDO data (JSOC, eSDO, GDC-SDO,...)? | ||