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Hill's suggestion that Einstein's general relativity may be invalid requires a rapidly spinning solar core. The triplet structure observed in the solar 5-minute power spectrum seems incompatible with this rotating core. But the triplet structure can be accounted for as the effect of a magnetically distorted core rotating with a ∼12.5-day period.
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Dicke, R. The 5-min oscillations of the Sun are incompatible with a rapidly-rotating core. Nature 300, 693–697 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/300693a0
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