Stellar Pulsations: Impact of New Instrumentation and New Insights

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Stellar Pulsations and Stellar Evolution: Conflict, Cohabitation, or Symbiosis?....Pages 3-10
2D Simulations of the Interaction Between Radial Pulsation and Convection....Pages 11-15
Vibrational Instability of Metal-Poor Low-Mass Main-Sequence Stars....Pages 17-21
Non-radial Pulsation and Magnetic Fields of OB Stars....Pages 23-26
Pulsations in Hot Massive Stars....Pages 27-31
On the Origin of the Dense Frequency Spectra of Space Observed Intermediate Mass Pulsating Stars....Pages 33-37
The Spectroscopic Observations of CoRoT Asteroseismic Targets with HARPS....Pages 39-42
Recent Progress and Open Questions in Rapidly Rotating Star Seismology....Pages 43-48
Traditional Approximation for Low-Frequency Modes in Rotating Stars and A Working Hypothesis About Episodic Mass Loss in Be Stars....Pages 49-52
Modelling Stellar Convection and Pulsation in Multidimensions Using the ANTARES Code....Pages 53-56
Regular Modes in Rapidly Rotating Stars....Pages 57-60
Periodicities Within the Frequency Spectra of δ Scuti Stars Observed by Kepler ....Pages 61-65
Oscillation Frequency Spectra at Rapid Rotation....Pages 67-70
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Frequency Dependence of Δ ν of Solar-Like Oscillators Investigated: Influence of HeII Ionization Zone....Pages 73-76
Some Thoughts About the Blazhko Effect for RR Lyrae Variable Pulsations....Pages 77-80
Period Doubling in Kepler RR Lyrae Stars....Pages 81-84
First Detection of Period Doubling in a BL Herculis Type Star: Observations and Theoretical Models....Pages 85-89
The Projection Factor of Cepheids....Pages 91-94
New Links Between Pulsation and Stellar History....Pages 95-98
Evidence for Pulsation-Driven Mass Loss from δ Cephei....Pages 99-102
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Multi-periodic Oscillations in Cepheids and RR Lyrae-Type Stars....Pages 103-108
RR Lyrae Studies with Kepler ....Pages 109-113
The Nature of Variability in M Supergiants: The Forgotten Type C Semiregulars....Pages 115-119
Pulsational Light Variability in Post-AGB Stars in the Milky Way Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 121-125
A Testimator Approach to Detecting Heteroskedasticity in the Cepheid PL Relation....Pages 127-130
Synthetic Cepheid Period–Luminosity and Period–Color Relations in Spitzer’s IRAC Bands....Pages 131-135
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New Ground-Based Observational Methods and Instrumentation for Asteroseismology....Pages 139-144
Impact of High Precision Photometry from Space: Do the Results Meet the Expectations?....Pages 145-150
Long-Baseline Interferometric Observations of Cepheids....Pages 151-154
Programs and Perspectives of Visible Long Baseline Interferometry VEGA/CHARA....Pages 155-158
Spectro-Interferometry Studies of Velocity-Related Phenomena at the Surface of Stars: Pulsation and Rotation....Pages 159-163
The VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea Survey: A First Glance on Stellar Variability....Pages 165-169
Solar-Like Stars Observed by Kepler: An Incredible Adventure....Pages 171-175
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Identification of Pulsation Modes in Main Sequence Stars: Potentials and Limits....Pages 179-184
Uncovering Hidden Modes in RR Lyrae Stars....Pages 185-189
Complex Asteroseismology of the Slowly Pulsating B-Type Star HD74560....Pages 191-195
Rotation Effects as Possible Responsible for the Surface Effects on the Sun and Solar-Type Stars....Pages 197-200
Theoretical Approach to Mode Identification....Pages 201-208
Towards Precise Asteroseismology of Solar-Like Stars....Pages 209-212
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Current State of the Modelling of Photospheric Activity....Pages 215-220
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Pulsating Stars Harbouring Planets....Pages 221-226
Successful Asteroseismology for a Better Characterization of the Exoplanet HAT-P-7b....Pages 227-230
The New Kepler Picture of Variability Among A and F Type Stars....Pages 231-235
Stellar Activity Cycles and Contribution of the Deep Layers Knowledge....Pages 237-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Rotational Modulation in Be Stars....Pages 247-252
Be Stars: Rapidly Rotating Pulsators....Pages 253-259
A Pulsational Study of a Sample of CoRoT Faint Be Stars....Pages 261-264
Mode Identification for Subdwarf B Stars Using Period Spacings in Kepler Data....Pages 265-268
Pulsating Pre-Main Sequence Stars in NGC 2264 Discovered by the MOST and CoRoT Satellites....Pages 269-272
Constraints on Pasta Structure of Neutron Stars....Pages 273-276
Whole Earth Telescope Observations of the DAV EC14012-1446....Pages 277-280
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Closing Summary: Twentieth Stellar Pulsation Conference....Pages 283-288
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List of Poster Contributions....Pages 291-293