Asteroseismology of Exoplanet-Host Stars in the Kepler Era

TL;DR

Asteroseismology, leveraging Kepler data, enhances understanding of stellar evolution and exoplanet-host star properties, offering insights into star interiors and exoplanet system dynamics.

Contribution

This review highlights recent advances in using asteroseismology to determine fundamental properties of Kepler exoplanet-host stars and its potential for studying exoplanet system alignments.

Findings

Improved stellar property measurements from asteroseismology.

Insights into star interior physics.

Potential to constrain exoplanet system spin-orbit alignment.

Abstract

New insights on stellar evolution and stellar interior physics are being made possible by asteroseismology, the study of stars by the observation of their natural, resonant oscillations. Asteroseismology is making significant contributions to our understanding of solar-type stars, in great part due to the exquisite data that have been made available by NASA's Kepler space telescope. Of particular interest is the synergy between asteroseismology and exoplanetary science. Herein I will review recent contributions from asteroseismology to the determination of fundamental properties of Kepler exoplanet-host stars and stress its potential in constraining the spin-orbit alignment of exoplanet systems.