\begin{table}%t1 \caption {\label{tab:obs}Mode lifetimes and fundamental stellar parameters for 12~solar-like stars, sub-giants and giants. } %\centerline {\begin{tabular}{lccccc} \hline \hline Name & $M/M_{\odot}$ & $L/L_{\odot}$ & $T_{{\rm eff}}$ & $\Delta \nu$ & $\tau$ \\ \hline $\xi$ Hydrae & 3.07$^a$ & $61.1 \pm 6.2^a$ & $5000 \pm 100$ K$^a$ & $7.11 \pm 6.14$ $\mu$Hz$^a$ & 2 days$^b$ \\ $\nu$ Indi & 0.847 $\pm$ 0.043$^c$ & 6.21 $\pm$ 0.23$^c$ & 5291 $\pm$ 34$ K$$^c$ & 24.25 $\pm$ 0.25 $\mu$Hz$^c$ & $\rm 16.2_{-7.5}^{+44.6}$ days$^d$ \\ $\alpha$ Cen A & 1.105 $\pm$ 0.007$^e$ & 1.522 $\pm$ 0.03$^e$ & 5810 $\pm$ 50 K$^e$ & 106.2$^f$ & $3.9 \pm 1.4$ days$^g$ \\ $\alpha$ Cen B & 0.934 $\pm$ 0.006$^e$ & 0.503 $\pm$ 0.02$^e$ & 5260 $\pm$ 50 K$^e$ & 161.38 $\pm$ 0.06 $\mu$Hz$^h$ & $\rm 3.3_{-0.9}^{+1.8}$ days$^h$ \\ $\beta$ Hydri & 1.07 $\pm$ 0.03$^i$ & 3.51 $\pm$ 0.09$^i$ & 5872 $\pm$ 44 K$^i$ & 57.24 $\pm$ 0.16 $\mu$Hz$^j$ & $\rm 2.3_{-0.5}^{+0.6}$ days$^j$ \\ HD~49~933 & 1.2$^k$ & 0.53 $\pm$ 0.01$^k$ & 6780 $\pm$ 130 K$^k$ & 85.9 $\pm$ 0.15 $\mu$Hz$^k$ & $\rm 2.3_{-0.3}^{+0.5}$ days$^k$ \\ Procyon & 1.48$^l$ & 6.9$^l$ & 6500 K$^l$ & 55.90 $\pm$ 0.08 $\mu$Hz$^l$ & $\rm 1.5_{-0.8}^{+1.9}$ days$^m$ \\ $\tau$ Ceti & 0.783 $\pm$ 0.012$^n$ & 0.488 $\pm$ 0.01$^n$ & 5264 K$^o$ & 169 $\pm$ 0.2~$\mu$Hz$^n$ & 1.7 $\pm$ 0.5 days$^n$ \\ $\varepsilon$ Oph & 2.4 $\pm$ 0.4$^p$ & 59$^p$ & 4887 $\pm$ 100 K$^p$ & 5.3 $\pm$ 0.1 $\mu$Hz$^q$ & $\rm 2.7_{-0.8}^{+0.6}$ days$^q$ \\ Arcturus & 0.8 $\pm$ 0.3$^r$ & 200 $\pm$ 10$^r$ & 4290 $\pm$ 30 K$^r $ & 0.8 $\mu$Hz$^r$ & 24.1 days$^r$ \\ $\beta$ Ursae Minoris & 1.3 $\pm$ 0.3$^s$ & 475 $\pm$ 30$^s$ & 4040 $\pm$ 100 K$^s$ & 0.7 $\pm$ 0.1 $\mu$Hz$^s$ & 18 $\pm$ 9 days$^s$ \\ Sun & 1 & 1 & 5780 K & 134 $\mu$Hz & 3.2 $\pm$ 0.2 days$^t$ \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \smallskip \par {References: $^a$~Frandsen et~al. (\cite{Frandsen02}); $^b$~Stello et~al. (\cite{Stello06}); $^c$~Bedding et~al. (\cite{Bedding06}); $^d$~Carrier et~al. (\cite{Carrier07}); $^e$~Miglio \& Montalb{\'a}n (2005); $^f$~Bedding et~al. (\cite{Bedding04}); $^g$~Fletcher et~al. (\cite{Fletcher06}); $^h$~Kjeldsen et~al. (\cite{Kjeldsen05}); $^i$~North et~al. (\cite{North07}); $^j$~Bedding et~al. (\cite{Bedding07}); $^k$~Appourchaux et~al. (\cite{Appourchaux08}); $^l$~Leccia et~al. (\cite{Leccia07}); $^m$~Arentoft et~al. (\cite{Arentoft08}); $^n$~Teixeira et~al. (\cite{Teixeira08}); $^o$~Pijpers (\cite{Pijpers03}); $^p$~de Ridder et~al. (2006); $^q$~Barban et~al. (\cite{Barban07}); $^r$~Tarrant et~al. (\cite{Tarrant07}); $^s$~Tarrant et~al. (\cite{Tarrant08}); $^t$~Chaplin et~al. (2005).} \end{table}