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First View of the Solar Core from Golf Acoustic Modes
After 8 months of nearly continuous measurements the GOLF instrument, aboard SOHO, has detected acoustic mode frequencies of more than 100 modes, extending from 1.4 mHz to 4.9 mHz. In this paper, we compare these results with the best available predictions coming from solar models. To verify the qua...
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Published in: | Solar physics 1997-10, Vol.175 (2), p.247-265 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | After 8 months of nearly continuous measurements the GOLF instrument, aboard SOHO, has detected acoustic mode frequencies of more than 100 modes, extending from 1.4 mHz to 4.9 mHz. In this paper, we compare these results with the best available predictions coming from solar models. To verify the quality of the data, we examine the asymptotic seismic parameters; this confirms the improvements achieved in solar models during the last decade.Using the GOLF set of frequencies for l=0, 1, 2, 3 combined with the LOWL second year data set for l > 3 we then carry out inversions to infer properties of the solar core.This largely confirms the previous results down to around 0.1 R[odot], while there remain differences, even closer to the centre, where the present study shows an extreme sensitivity of the inversion results to the values of the frequencies. We finally consider physical processes which may influence directly or indirectly the solar core structure. |
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ISSN: | 0038-0938 1573-093X |
DOI: | 10.1023/A:1004992727541 |