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Seismology of the Sun and the Distant Stars

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. D. O. Gough

    1. Institute of Astronomy and Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 169)

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Table of contents (50 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Properties of Solar Oscillations

    • Juri Toomre
    Pages 1-22

  3. Theoretical Aspects of Helio- and Asteroseismology

    • J. Christensen-Dalsgaard
    Pages 23-53

  4. Observations of Low-Degree P-Mode Oscillations In 1984

    • Harald M. Henning, Philip H. Scherrer
    Pages 55-62

  5. Another Reason to Search For Solar g-Modes and New Limits from Solar Ellipticity Measurements

    • J. R. Kuhn
    Pages 63-72

  6. Phase Studies of Solar 5 Min Oscillations

    • Søren Frandsen
    Pages 73-80

  7. Observations of Gravity Waves in the Solar Atmosphere

    • Franz-Ludwig Deubner
    Pages 81-82

  8. Is there an Anisotropy of p-Modes ?

    • F.-L. Deubner
    Pages 83-84

  9. Influence of Spatial Filtering on Possible Anisotropies in Solar Oscillations

    • Frank Hill, Deborah A. Haber, Juri Toomre, Laurence J. November
    Pages 85-92

  10. The Detection of Global Convective Wave Flows on the Sun

    • Philip H. Scherrer, Richard Bogart, J. Todd Hoeksema, Hirokazu Yoshimura
    Pages 93-102

  11. First Evidence of a Large-Scale Circulation in the Solar Convection Zone

    • E. Ribes, P. Mein
    Pages 103-103

  12. Solar Doppler Shifts: Sources of Continuous Spectra

    • T. L. Duvall Jr., J. W. Harvey
    Pages 105-116

  13. Comments on Techniques for Spectral Deconvolution

    • Philip H. Scherrer
    Pages 117-120

  14. Sound Speed in the Interior of Solar Models

    • Ian W. Roxburgh
    Pages 121-123

  15. Asymptotic Sound-Speed Inversions

    • D. O. Gough
    Pages 125-140

  16. Asymptotics and Quantum Chaos in Stellar Oscillations

    • J. Perdang
    Pages 141-171

  17. An improved asymptotic formula for solar gravity-mode periods

    • A. N. Ellis
    Pages 173-175

  18. Solar G Modes: A Method to Find the Depth of the Convective Envelope

    • M. Gabriel
    Pages 177-186

  19. The Influence of Convection Theory Uncertainties on the Deduction of the Speed of Sound in the Solar Interior

    • Roger K. Ulrich
    Pages 187-198

  20. Measuring the Sun’s Internal Rotation Using Solar p-Mode Oscillations

    • Timothy M. Brown
    Pages 199-214
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About this book

The history of modern helioseismology is only ten years old. In 1975 F-L Deubner separated for the first time the spatial and temporal pro­ perties of the solar five-minute oscillations, and was thus able to measure the dispersion relation for high-degree acoustic modes (p modes). The diagnostic value of these observations was appreciated immediately. Indeed, by comparing the observed relation with computations that had already been carried out by R.K. Ulrich, and subsequently by H. Ando and Y. Osaki, it was recognised that contemporary solar models that had been constructed with the low observed neutrino flux in mind were too hot in their outer layers. Moreover, their convection zones were too shallow. Since that time the observations have improved. There is now good reason to suppose that a sufficiently careful analysis will lead to a direct determination of the helium abundance in the solar convection zone, especially when foreseeable further improvements in the observations have been achieved. The data will also provide useful diagnostics of the uncertain equation of state of partially ionized plasmas, and they might also enable us to measure the large-scale structure of the convec­ tive flow.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Astronomy and Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    D. O. Gough

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Seismology of the Sun and the Distant Stars

  • Editors: D. O. Gough

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4608-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2196-9Due: 31 March 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8547-2Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-4608-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 492

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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