THE ASTEROSEISMIC POTENTIAL of TESS: EXOPLANET-HOST STARS

T. L. Campante, M. Schofield, J. S. Kuszlewicz, L. Bouma, W. J. Chaplin, D. Huber, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, H. Kjeldsen, D. Bossini, T. S.H. North, T. Appourchaux, D. W. Latham, J. Pepper, G. R. Ricker, K. G. Stassun, R. Vanderspek, J. N. Winn

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Abstract

New insights on stellar evolution and stellar interior physics are being made possible by asteroseismology. Throughout the course of the Kepler mission, asteroseismology has also played an important role in the characterization of exoplanet-host stars and their planetary systems. The upcoming NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will be performing a near all-sky survey for planets that transit bright nearby stars. In addition, its excellent photometric precision, combined with its fine time sampling and long intervals of uninterrupted observations, will enable asteroseismology of solar-type and red-giant stars. Here we develop a simple test to estimate the detectability of solar-like oscillations in TESS photometry of any given star. Based on an all-sky stellar and planetary synthetic population, we go on to predict the asteroseismic yield of the TESS mission, placing emphasis on the yield of exoplanet-host stars for which we expect to detect solar-like oscillations. This is done for both the target stars (observed at a 2-minute cadence) and the full-frame-image stars (observed at a 30-minute cadence). A similar exercise is also conducted based on a compilation of known host stars. We predict that TESS will detect solar-like oscillations in a few dozen target hosts (mainly subgiant stars but also in a smaller number of F dwarfs), in up to 200 low-luminosity red-giant hosts, and in over 100 solar-type and red-giant known hosts, thereby leading to a threefold improvement in the asteroseismic yield of exoplanet-host stars when compared to Kepler's.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number138
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume830
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 20 2016
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

  • asteroseismology
  • planets and satellites: detection
  • space vehicles: instruments
  • surveys
  • techniques: photometric

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