The CoRoT Evolution and Seismic Tools Activity: Goals and Tasks

TL;DR

The paper discusses the establishment and organization of the CoRoT Evolution and Seismic Tools Activity (ESTA), aimed at testing and improving asteroseismic modeling tools to meet the high precision requirements of upcoming space mission data.

Contribution

It introduces the ESTA initiative, detailing its goals, structure, and initial achievements in enhancing asteroseismic tools for CoRoT data analysis.

Findings

Development of more accurate stellar modeling codes

Improved tools meet the precision demands of CoRoT data

Ongoing efforts to refine asteroseismic analysis methods

Abstract

The forthcoming data expected from space missions such as CoRoT require the capacity of the available tools to provide accurate models whose numerical precision is well above the expected observational errors. In order to secure that these tools meet the specifications, a team has been established to test and, when necessary, to improve the codes available in the community. The CoRoT evolution and seismic tool activity (ESTA) has been set up with this mission. Several groups have been involved. The present paper describes the motivation and the organisation of this activity, providing the context and the basis for the presentation of the results that have been achieved so far. This is not a finished task as future even better data will continue to demand more precise and complete tools for asteroseismology.