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Towards a heliological inverse problem

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Theoretical periods of normal modes of vibration of the Sun are compared with the observed periods of oscillation of the solar surface. It is inferred from the comparison that it may soon be possible to use solar oscillations to measure aspects of the internal structure of the Sun.

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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, UK

    J. Christensen-Dalsgaard

  2. Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK and National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 80302

    D. O. Gough

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Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Gough, D. Towards a heliological inverse problem. Nature 259, 89–92 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259089a0

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