Challanges for stellar pulsation and evolution theory

Abstract

During the last few decades, great effort has been made towards understanding hydrodynam- ical processes which determine the structure and evolution of stars. Up to now, the most stringent constraints have been provided by helioseismology and stellar cluster studies. How- ever, the contribution of asteroseismology becomes more and more important, giving us an opportunity to probe the interiors and atmospheres of very different stellar objects. A vari- ety of pulsating variables allows us to test various parameters of micro- and macrophysics by means of oscillation data. I will review the most outstanding key problems, both observational and theoretical, of which our knowledge can be improved by means of asteroseismology.