Helioseismology and Standard Solar Models
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چکیده
We present a systematical analysis of uncertainties in the helioseismological determination of quantities characterizing the solar structure. We discuss the effect of errors on the measured frequencies, the residual solar model dependence and the uncertainties of the inversion method. We find Y ph = 0.238 − 0.259, R b /R ⊙ = 0.708 − 0.714 and ρ b = (0.185 − 0.199) gr/cm 3 (the index b refers to the bottom of the convective envelope). In the interval 0.2 < R/R ⊙ < 0.65, the quantity U =P/ρ is determined with and accuracy of ±5 • / • • or better. The predictions of a few recent solar model calculations are compared with helioseismological results.
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