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Helioseismology
    

Portions of this entry contributed by Alfred Gautschy

The study of the sun's internal structure using observations of the frequencies and strengths of normal mode oscillations detected at the surface by their Doppler shifts. Such vibrations were first discovered in the 1960s by researchers at the California Institute of Technology.

Asteroseismology, Sun




References

--. Sky & Telescope, 236, Sept. 1991.

Duvall, T. L.; Jefferies, S. M.; Harvey, J. W.; and Pomerantz, M. A. "Time Distance Helioseismology." Nature 362, 430-432, 1993.

Gough, D. O. and Toomre, J. "Seismic Observations of the Solar Interior." Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 29, 627-685, 1991.

Harvey, J. "Helioseismology." Phys. Today 48, 32-38, Dec. 1995.

Hill, F. et al. In Solar Interior and Atmosphere, Part II (Ed. A. N. Cox, W. C. Livingston, and M. S. Matthews). Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, pp. 329-660, 1991.

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Libbrecht, K. G. and Woodard, M. F. "Advances in Helioseismology." Science 253, 152-157, 1991.

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