Red Giants observed with CoRoT

Observations of red (G−K)‐giant stars with the CoRoT satellite provide unprecedented information on the stochastically excited oscillations in these stars. The long time series of nearly uninterrupted high‐cadence and high‐precision photometry revealed the presence of non‐radial modes with long lifetimes, which opens the possibility to perform asteroseismology on these stars. Also, the large number of red giants, for which solar‐like oscillations are now observed, allows for a more statistical investigation of the characteristics of solar‐like oscillations in red giants.