How asteroseismology can help to precisely constrain properties of planet-host stars

Nowadays more than 500 exoplanets have been discovered, mainly studied by radial velocity and transit measurements. Precise knowledge on their characteristics is crucial to develop theories of planetary formation and evolution. In that aim, not only star and planet(s) masses but also the evolutionary stage of systems are needed. From radial velocity measurements one has to assume the inclination and the stellar mass of the system to disentangle the mass of the planet. When transit is observable, one can measure the ratio of planetary and
stellar radii. Finally, the degree of evolution of the system is determined by the one of the star. Thus the host star must be well known to obtain a full set of system properties. However, determination of stellar parameters such as the mass, radius and its evolution from classical observables (Teff, log g, [Fe/H]) suffers of large uncertainties. This is particularly true for dwarf stars on the Main Sequence. Fortunately we can obtain better constrains with the help of asteroseismology. That latter approach probes the stellar properties through observation of oscillations present in stars. With the launches of high-precision photometry space missions, CoRoT and Kepler, we are now able to detect oscillations in a huge number of stars. In particular Kepler photometry, primarily intended to detect transits of planet, can give accurate stellar parameters of planetary systems as it also affords to make