Our science has been highlighted by CORDIS | European Commission
The Marie Curie Action ‘PULSATION’, of which I have been the PI, has recently been highlighted by CORDIS | European Commission as part of their ‘Results in Brief’ (RIBs). The link to the article can be found here. RIBs focus on scientific breakthroughs, new products and technologies or recommendations and guidelines in a range of domains. RIB articles are drafted approximately five to six months after the project's end date in order to highlight the project's final results and to facilitate their exploitation and boost innovation. The chosen projects should be engaging, diverse and really demonstrate the added value of EU support. RIB articles are written by the CORDIS editors in collaboration with the project coordinators.
The research goal of this Marie Curie Action was to use TESS photometry to systematically detect and characterize planets transiting oscillating evolved stars. Additionally, TESS photometry was used to characterize previously known (i.e., previous to the launch of TESS) evolved host stars. To that end, we implemented an interdisciplinary research plan that combined transit photometry, asteroseismology, and radial-velocity follow-up from the ground. The outcome of this action has the potential to provide new insight into some of the outstanding problems in exoplanetary science, namely, on the occurrence rate of gas-giant planets as a function of stellar mass, on the correlation between stellar metallicity and giant-planet occurrence around evolved stars, and on the structural aspects of gas-giant planets.
Furthermore, the communication goal of this action was to develop a nationwide educational/outreach program in collaboration with a non-academic partner organization, Ciência Viva, devised to improve public awareness of the topics of astronomy and astrophysics in the host organization's home country.
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