Solar oscillations

Authors :: H. M. Antia
Source :: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 4:83-93
Publication Year :: 2008
Publisher :: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2008.
Abstract: Study of solar oscillations has provided us detailed information about solar structure and dynamics. These in turn provide a test of theories of stellar structure and evolution as well as theories of angular momentum transfer and dynamo. Some of these results about the solar structure and its implication on the recent revision of heavy element abundances are described. Apart from these the solar cycle variations in the rotation rate and its gradients are also discussed.