Helioseismic Determination of Opacity Corrections
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Accurate measurements of oscillation frequencies of the Sun are providing detailed information about the structure of the Sun. These frequencies can be used to test the basic input physics, like opacities, equation of state and nuclear energy generation rates which are required to construct theoretical solar models. Here we concentrate on the effects of opacity. Throughout we consider models calibrated to solar radius and luminosity, by adjusting the initial composition and the mixing-length parameter.
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تاریخ انتشار 1997