The detection and study of oscillations in solar-type stars is a natural extension of the scientific goals of helioseismology. In view of the recent encouraging developments in asteroseismology and the announcement of the first results from the initial operation of the full GONG network at the Madison AAS meeting, it is time to develop a coordinated, community wide effort to achieve the potential that asteroseismology offers for progress in stellar physics, stellar structure, and stellar evolution. An effort of this magnitude can only succeed if it is truly community based.
As a first step, we are organizing a special session at the Madison meeting of the AAS to invite community participation in a new project, the Stellar Oscillations Network Group (SONG), to detect and study oscillations in solar-type stars. A Steering Committee, whose members are John Bahcall, Sam Barden, Tim Bedding, Tim Brown, Pierre Demarque, Mark Giampapa, Ron Gilliland, Jack Harvey, Frank Hill, Steve Kawaler, Christoph Keller, Hans Kjeldsen, Bob Noyes, and Caty Pilachowski, has put together the following program for the session.
We hope all who are interested in learning about or participating in the SONG project will join us for this Special Session. If you are unable to attend, or would like further information, please contact C. Pilachowski at catyp@noao.edu, or visit our Web site via http://www.noao.edu (click on "S.O.N.G.").
Program for the SONG Special Session at the Madison
Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
2:00 - 3:30 PM
10 June 1996
2:00-2:20 Pierre Demarque
"What can we learn from asteroseismology of solar
type stars"?
2:20-2:40 Tim Brown
"Where do we stand?"
2:40-3:00 Sam Barden
"Instrumentation, protocols, and networks"
3:00-3:30 Panel Discussion
"How do we make it happen?"
Caty Pilachowski (on behalf of the Stellar Oscillations Network Group)