Inverse Problems in Asteroseismology
This work addresses the challenge of accurately determining stellar properties for astronomers, but appears incremental as it builds on existing asteroseismic methods.
The paper tackled the problem of probing stellar internal structures using asteroseismic data from missions like Kepler, presenting new techniques to measure ages, masses, radii, and infer internal structures of nearly 100 solar-type stars.
Asteroseismology allows us to probe the internal structure of stars through their global modes of oscillation. Thanks to missions such as the NASA Kepler space observatory, we now have high-quality asteroseismic data for nearly 100 solar-type stars. In this thesis, new techniques to measure the ages, masses, and radii of stars are presented, as well as a way to infer their internal structure.