On the seismic age of the Sun

dc.creatorHoudek, G.
dc.creatorGough, D. O.
dc.date2007-10-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:57:34Z
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dc.descriptionWe use low-degree acoustic modes obtained by the BiSON to estimate the main-sequence age $t_\odot$ of the Sun. The calibration is accomplished by linearizing the deviations from a standard solar model the seismic frequencies of which are close to those of the Sun. Formally, we obtain the preliminary value $t_\odot=4.68\pm0.02 $Gy, coupled with an initial heavy-element abundance $Z=0.0169\pm0.0005$. The quoted standard errors, which are not independent, are upper bounds implied under the assumption that the standard errors in the observed frequencies are independent.
dc.description6 pages, 4 figures, in Stancliffe R.J., Dewi J., Houdek G., Martin R.G., Tout C.A., eds, AIP Conf. Proc., Unsolved Problems in Stellar Physics. American Institute of Physics, Melville, in the press
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0710.0762
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0710.0762
dc.identifierAIPConf.Proc.948:219-224,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1063/1.2818974
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/186799
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleOn the seismic age of the Sun
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