Toward a New Paradigm in the Analysis of Asteroseismic Lightcurves Suárez, Juan Carlos García Hernández, Antonio Asteroseismology Timeseries analysis Harmonic analysis Stars Pulsations Stellar evolution Stellar structure Fractal analysis This paper aims at being a provocative guide to the future of asteroseismology from the perspective of the analysis of time series, where the fundamentals of harmonic analysis are subjected to stress tests. In this context, we give an annotated summary of our research over the last decades on harmonic analysis of A-F stars. We discuss and explore the consequences of our findings, which may extend to any kind of pulsators. As well, we analyse the impact of this reconsideration on future asteroseismic studies, which would entail a paradigm shift. This includes a discussion on the presence of fractal behavior in δ Sct stars, and how this can be used to develop a stopping criterion of the pre-whitening process, as an alternative to SNR (or significance) criterion. Drilling a scientific paradigm has its natural resilience, hence the path described here is being arduous, although fruitful at the same time. 2020-06-09T13:37:14Z 2020-06-09T13:37:14Z 2020-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Suárez JC, Garrido R, Pascual-Granado J, García Hernández A, de Franciscis S, Lares-Martiz M and Rodón JR (2020) Toward a New Paradigm in the Analysis of Asteroseismic Lightcurves. Front. Astron. Space Sci. 7:12. [doi: 10.3389/fspas.2020.00012] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/62407 doi: 10.3389/fspas.2020.00012 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España Frontiers Media