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Interpretations of Solar Oscillations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

Arthur N. Cox
Arthur N. Cox*
Affiliation:
Los Alamos Astrophysics

Abstract

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The current theoretical status of understanding solar oscillations is reviewed. Interpretation of the thousands of well-determined frequencies refines our knowledge of the composition and convection structure of the Sun, since its mass, radius, luminosity, and age are better known from other sources. Recent issues that have been discussed are the solar center structure, bearing on the missing solar neutrino problem, the convection zone helium content, validating helium settling by diffusion, the variations of the oscillation frequencies over the solar cycle, indicating cyclical structure changes in the very outer magnetic layers, and the fine structure splittings of mode frequencies, revealing the internal rotation. Our ability to match observed frequencies to now within only a few microhertz has been enhanced by the recently improved MHD equation of state and the new Livermore OPAL opacities. Thus solar oscillations not only reveal solar structure data, but also they guide improvements for stellar astrophysics material properties. A new discussion of current investigations of the convection zone helium abundance and its depth is presented.

Type
Stellar Seismology
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 139: New Perspectives on Stellar Pulsation and Pulsating Variable Stars , 1993 , pp. 151 - 159
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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