Issue |
A&A
Volume 582, October 2015
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Article Number | A10 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | The Sun | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526615 | |
Published online | 29 September 2015 |
Constraining differential rotation of Sun-like stars from asteroseismic and starspot rotation periods
1 Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
e-mail: nielsenm@mps.mpg.de
2 Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Received: 27 May 2015
Accepted: 4 August 2015
In previous work, we identified six Sun-like stars observed by Kepler with exceptionally clear asteroseismic signatures of rotation. Here, we show that five of these stars exhibit surface variability suitable for measuring rotation. We compare the rotation periods obtained from light-curve variability with those from asteroseismology in order to further constrain differential rotation. The two rotation measurement methods are found to agree within uncertainties, suggesting that radial differential rotation is weak, as is the case for the Sun. Furthermore, we find significant discrepancies between ages from asteroseismology and from three different gyrochronology relations, implying that stellar age estimation is problematic even for Sun-like stars.
Key words: asteroseismology / methods: data analysis / stars: solar-type / stars: rotation / starspots
© ESO, 2015
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