Sounding Solar and Stellar Interiors: Proceedings of the 181st Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Nice, France, September 30–October 3, 1996: International Astronomical Union Symposia, cartea 181

Sounding solar and stellar interiors: general introduction.- I : Helioseismology : From ground or space, a worldwide cooperation.- The state of art in helioseismic ground-based experiments.- Present status of the Taiwan Oscillation Network.- A review of space helioseismology.- Performance and first results from the GOLF instrument on SoHO.- First resulst from VIRGO on SoHO.- New Time-distance helioseismology results from the SOI/MDI experiment.- GOLF results: today’s view on the solar modes.- Precision solar astrometry from SoHO/MDI.- Plane-wave analysis of SOI data.- II : Internal structure and rotation. Seismic inversions.- Theoretical solar models.- The seismic Sun.- The seismic structure of the Sun from GONG.- Structure inversions with the VIRGO data.- A seismic solar model deduced from the sound speed distribution and an estimate of the neutrino fluxes.- Stellar rotation and mixing.- Internal Solar rotation.- Internal structure and rotation of the Sun: First results from MDI data.- Internal rotation and dynamics of the Sun from GONG data.- III : Special session dedicated to Philippe Delache.- The scientific achievements of Ph. Delache.- Long-term solar-irradiance variability.- Giant planets seismology.- Apparent solar diameter and variability.- IV : Inputs from helioseismology to solar physics.- Solar activity and solar oscillations.- Excitation of solar acoustic oscillations.- An observational study of the interaction of impulsive and periodic perturbations in the solar atmosphere.- V : Asteroseismology : Theory and methods.- Sounding stellar interiors.- Asteroseismology: ground based observational methods.- Asteroseismology from space: COROT and other projects.- Three years of ANTENA: what we have done!.- VI : Results on some selected types of stars.-Asteroseismology of white dwarf stars.- Observational asteroseismology of ? Scuti stars.- Probing the interior of roAp stars: stellar tubas that sound like piccolos.- Conclusion.- Sounding solar and stellar interiors: Conclusion and prospects.- List of posters published in the poster volume.- Author Index.