Miglio, AChiappini, CMorel, TBarbieri, MChaplin, W JGirardi, LMontalban, J.Valentini, M.Mosser, BBaudin, FCasagrande, LucaAguirre, V Silva2015-12-130035-8711http://hdl.handle.net/1885/70883Our understanding of howthe Galaxywas formed and evolves is severely hampered by the lack of precise constraints on basic stellar properties such as distances, masses and ages. Here, we show that solar-like pulsating red giants represent a well-populatedAuthor/s retain copyrightKeywords: Asteroseismology - stars: distances; Galaxy: disc.201310.1093/mnras/sts3452016-02-24