Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
We have investigated the effect on the seismological properties of the giant planet Jupiter of different descriptions of the equation of state (EOS) of the fluid hydrogen helium envelop. Recent Jovian models by Chabrier et al. 1992 use the equation of state of Saumon et al. (1992) which predicts the PPT (plasma phase transition). We show that different hypothesis at the level of the PPT induce large differences in the internal structure of the corresponding models, specially the sound speed. This gives rise to substantial differences of the oscillation frequencies up to 100 μHz, for modes of degrees l up to 20. These results show the great capability of Jovian seismology to test the physics involved in the interior of the giant planets.