Red Giants as Probes of the Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way

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Exciting results are blooming, thanks to a convergence between unprecedented asteroseismic data obtained by the satellites CoRoT and KEPLER, and state-of-the-art models of the internal structure of red giants and of galactic evolution. The pulsation properties now available for thousands of red giants promise to add valuable and independent constraints to current models of structure and evolution of our galaxy. Such a close connection between these domains opens a new very promising gate in our understanding of stars and galaxies. In this book international leaders in the field offer a wide perspective of the recent advancements in: Asteroseismology of red giants Models of the atmosphere, internal structure, and evolution of red giantsStellar population synthesis and models of the Milky Way Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Aspects of Observational Red Giant Population Seismology....Pages 3-9 Asteroseismology of Red Giants as a Tool for Studying Stellar Populations: First Steps....Pages 11-21 Adiabatic Solar-Like Oscillations in Red Giant Stars....Pages 23-32 Energetic Aspects of Non-Radial Solar-Like Oscillations in Red Giants....Pages 33-42 Front Matter....Pages 43-43 Evolution and Internal Structure of Red Giants....Pages 45-56 Uncertainties and Systematics in Stellar Evolution Models of Red Giant Stars....Pages 57-68 Convection Modelling and the Morphology of RGBs in Stellar Clusters....Pages 69-76 Helium Burning in Moderate-Mass Stars....Pages 77-86 Hydrodynamic Simulations of Shell Convection in Stellar Cores....Pages 87-93 Impact of Rotational Mixing on the Global and Asteroseismic Properties of Red Giants....Pages 95-103 3D Picture of the Convective Envelope of a Rotating RGB Star....Pages 105-113 Effects of Rotation and Thermohaline Mixing in Red Giant Stars....Pages 115-123 3D Model Atmospheres of Red Giant Stars....Pages 125-133 Front Matter....Pages 135-135 Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way....Pages 137-146 Red Giant Stars: Probing the Milky Way Chemical Enrichment....Pages 147-154 Chemical Abundances of Giants in Globular Clusters....Pages 155-164 TRILEGAL, a TRIdimensional modeL of thE GALaxy: Status and Future....Pages 165-170 The Besançon Model of Stellar Population Synthesis of the Galaxy....Pages 171-180 Back Matter....Pages 181-182