COMPUTATIONAL ASTEROSEISMOLOGY

by


TRAVIS SCOTT METCALFE







DISSERTATION
Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of
The University of Texas at Austin
in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements
for the Degree of

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY



THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
August 2001

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2001 by Travis Scott Metcalfe

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Computational Asteroseismology
Chapter 1: Context
Chapter 2: Linux Metacomputer
Chapter 3: Parallel Genetic Algorithm
Chapter 4: Forward Modeling
Chapter 5: Reverse Approach
Chapter 6: Conclusions
Appendix A: Observations for the WET
Appendix B: Interactive Simulations
Appendix C: Computer Codes

Refereed Publications

• Dissertation Summary: 2001, PASP, 113, 1308

• Chapter 2: 2000, Balt.Astron., 9, 479

• Chapter 3: 2003, J.Comp.Phys., 185, 176

• Chapter 4: 2000, ApJ, 545, 974

• Chapter 4/5: 2001, ApJ, 557, 1021