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Title: Solar oscillations, gravitational multipole field of the sun and the solar neutrino paradox

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5805395

The visual solar oblateness work and the solar seismological work on the internal rotation of the sun are reviewed and their implications concerning the static gravitational multipole moments of the sun are discussed. The results of this work are quite deviant which is indicative of the complexity encountered and of the necessity for continued studies based on a diverse set of observing techniques. The evidence for phase-locked internal gravity modes of the sun is reviewed and the implications for the solar neutrino paradox are discussed. The rather unique possibility for testing the relevance which the phase-locked gravity modes have to this paradox is also noted. The oscillating perturbations in the sun's gravitational field produced by the classified internal gravity modes and the phase-locked modes are inferred from the observed temperature eigenfunctions. Strains of the order of 10/sup -18/ in gravitational radiation detectors based on free masses are inferred for frequencies near 100 ..mu..Hz. The relevance of these findings is discussed in terms of a new technique for use in solar seismological studies and of producing background signals in studies of low-frequency gravitational radiation. 64 refs., 2 figs.

Research Organization:
Arizona Univ., Tucson (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-87ER13670
OSTI ID:
5805395
Report Number(s):
CONF-8607349-1; ON: DE88002100
Resource Relation:
Conference: NATO advanced workshop on mathematical aspects of gravity and supergravity, Logan, UT, USA, 21 Jul 1986; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English