Solar heavy element abundance: constraints from frequency separation ratios of low-degree p modes

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dc.creatorChaplin, William J.
dc.creatorSerenelli, Aldo M.
dc.creatorBasu, Sarbani
dc.creatorElsworth, Yvonne
dc.creatorNew, Roger
dc.creatorVerner, Graham A.
dc.date2007-05-22
dc.date2007-08-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:13:31Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:13:31Z
dc.descriptionWe use very precise frequencies of low-degree solar-oscillation modes measured from 4752 days of data collected by the Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network (BiSON) to derive seismic information on the solar core. We compare these observations to results from a large Monte Carlo simulation of standard solar models, and use the results to constrain the mean molecular weight of the solar core, and the metallicity of the solar convection zone. We find that only a high value of solar metallicity is consistent with the seismic observations. We can determine the mean molecular weight of the solar core to a very high precision, and, dependent on the sequence of Monte Carlo models used, find that the average mean molecular weight in the inner 20% by radius of the Sun ranges from 0.7209 to 0.7231, with uncertainties of less than 0.5% on each value. Our lowest seismic estimate of solar metallicity is Z=0.0187 and our highest is Z=0.0239, with uncertainties in the range of 12--19%. Our results indicate that the discrepancies between solar models constructed with low metallicity and the helioseismic observations extend to the solar core and thus cannot be attributed to deficiencies in the modeling of the solar convection zone.
dc.descriptionAccepted for publication in ApJ: 34 pages, 7 figures [best viewed in PDF with Acroread; some postscript figures compressed]
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0705.3154
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0705.3154
dc.identifierAstrophys.J.670:872-884,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1086/522578
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/210876
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleSolar heavy element abundance: constraints from frequency separation ratios of low-degree p modes
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