Data preparation for asteroseismology with TESS

TL;DR

This paper discusses the data preparation strategies for asteroseismology in the TESS mission, emphasizing the processes and collaborations established to facilitate data analysis for stellar oscillations.

Contribution

It provides an overview of the data preparation procedures and organizational structure for asteroseismic analysis in the upcoming TESS mission, building on Kepler mission experiences.

Findings

Development of data processing workflows for TESS asteroseismology

Establishment of the TESS Asteroseismic Science Operations Center (TASOC)

Coordination with the TESS Asteroseismic Science Consortium (TASC)

Abstract

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a NASA Astrophysics Explorer mission. Following its scheduled launch in 2017, TESS will focus on detecting exoplanets around the nearest and brightest stars in the sky, for which detailed follow-up observations are possible. TESS will, as the NASA Kepler mission, include a asteroseismic program that will be organized within the TESS Asteroseismic Science Consortium (TASC), building on the success of the Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC). Within TASC data for asteroseismic analysis will be prepared by the TASC Working Group 0 (WG-0), who will facilitate data to the community via the TESS Asteroseismic Science Operations Center (TASOC), again building on the success of the corresponding KASOC platform for Kepler. Here, we give an overview of the steps being taken within WG-0 to prepare for the upcoming TESS mission.