Solar-like stars as seen by CoRoT
Auvergne, M.; Baudin, F.; Michel, E.; Baglin, A.; Samadi, R.; Mosser, B.; Barban, C.; Appourchaux, T.; Garcia, R. A.; Data Analysis Team D. A. T
Abstract
For more than a year, photometric high-quality data have been achieved from the CoRoT (COnvection ROtation and Planetary Transits; Baglin et al. 2006, Michel et al. 2008) min- isatellite developed by the French space agency (CNES) in collaboration with the Science Program of ESA, Austria, Belgium, Brazil Germany and Spain. The power spectrum of 4 dif- ferent solar-like stars (stars having sub-surface convective zones showing an acoustic (p) mode spectrum) has been obtained with unprecedented quality allowing the precise study of their seismic properties. These solar-like stars are F stars with masses in the range 1.0 to 1.4 M⊙ and are significantly hotter than the Sun.