Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
Sep 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apj...432..417d&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 432, no. 1, p. 417-426
Computer Science
Sound
60
Astronomical Models, Helioseismology, Mathematical Models, Solar Interior, Solar Observatories, Stellar Cores, Abundance, Acoustic Velocity, Elementary Particles, Nuclear Fusion, Seismic Waves, Solar Neutrinos
Scientific paper
We advance the method of frequency inversion revealing a more accurate seismic sounding of the solar core. We show that with the quoted observational errors, it is possible to achieve a precision of approximately 10-3 in the sound speed determination through most of the sun's interior. Only for r less than 0.05 solar radius is the precision approximately 10-2. The accuracy of the density and pressure determinations is only slightly worse. Such restrictions impose significant constraints on the microscopic physical data, i.e., opacities, nuclear-reaction cross sections, and diffusion coefficients, as well as on the solar age. The helioseimic age is consistent with that from meteorites. The currently available data for low-degree p-mode frequencies exhibit a scatter that is larger than the quoted errors, and therefore the actual precision of seismic inferences is less than what we report, especially for the solar core. We invert p-mode data to obtain a solar seismic model. Comparisons of the solar seismic model with current theoretical models shows a need for some refinements within the framework of the standard solar model. Only in the innermost part of the core (r less than 0.05 solar radius) do we see a feature in the seismic sound speed that cannot easily be accounted for by refinements of the model. But the reality of the feature is by no means certain. We find no evidence supporting an astrophysical solution to the solar neutrino problem.
Dziembowski Wojciech A.
Goode Philip. R.
Pamyatnykh Alexey A.
Sienkiewicz Ryszard
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