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Helioseismology as a diagnostic of the solar interior

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Helioseismology has given us a unique window into the solar interior. Helioseismic data have enabled us to study the internal structure and dynamics with unprecedented detail. This has also allowed us to use the Sun as a laboratory to study the basic properties of stellar matter. We describe how helioseismology is used to determine solar structure and what we have learned about the Sun so far. We also describe how knowledge of the solar structure can be used to constrain the physics inputs.

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Basu, S. Helioseismology as a diagnostic of the solar interior. Astrophys Space Sci 328, 43–50 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-009-0201-9

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