On the opacity change required to compensate for the revised solar composition

2008/11/06 by J. Christensen‐Dalsgaard, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Maria Pia Di Mauro +5 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Art #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics #Composition (language) #Context (archaeology) #Environmental science #Geology #Literature #Opacity #Optics #Physics #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810170

Astron. Astrophys., in the press

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Abstract

Context. Recent revisions of the determination of the solar composition have resulted in solar models in marked disagreement with helioseismic inferences.

Citations

• On the Seismic Age of the Sun
• Effects of Heavy Elements and Excited States in the Equation of State of the Solar Interior
• Helioseismological Implications of Recent Solar Abundance Determinations
• Updated Opal Opacities
• Updated opacities from the Opacity Project
• Constraining Solar Abundances Using Helioseismology

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