Solar Interior Structure and Luminosity Variations
Abstract
The assumptions of standard solar evolution theory are mentioned briefly, and the principle conclusions drawn from them are described. The result is a rationalization of the present luminosity and radius of the Sun. Because there is some uncertainty about the interior composition of the Sun, a range of models is apparently acceptable.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00151270
- Bibcode:
- 1981SoPh...74...21G
- Keywords:
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- Solar Interior;
- Solar Neutrinos;
- Solar Oscillations;
- Solar Physics;
- Stellar Luminosity;
- Stellar Structure;
- Chemical Composition;
- Solar Cycles;
- Stellar Evolution;
- Stellar Models;
- Solar Physics;
- Surface Flux;
- Convection Zone;
- Flux Variation;
- Short Timescale;
- Interior Structure