Speaker
Victor Silva Aguirre
(Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus University)
Description
Asteroseismology is now delivering ages for red giants stars on a massive scale, and promises to set the standard for dating stellar populations as required to set up the chronology of the Milky Way disk formation. In this talk I will review the different observables and techniques involved in asteroseismic age determination for giants, focusing in the intrinsic precision and accuracy that can be achieved as well as the importance of setting the zero point of the asteroseismic age scale. I will discuss the main sources of uncertainty and the ongoing efforts for achieving an age precision as required for studies of our Galaxy.
Primary author
Victor Silva Aguirre
(Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus University)
