Journal
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Volume 165, Issue 1, Pages 400-431Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/504043
Keywords
neutrinos; nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances; Sun : abundances; Sun : helioseismology; Sun : interior
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
We have evolved 10,000 solar models using 21 input parameters that are randomly drawn for each model from separate probability distributions for every parameter. We use the results of these models to determine the theoretical uncertainties in the predicted surface helium abundance, the profile of the sound speed versus radius, the profile of the density versus radius, the depth of the solar convective zone, the eight principal solar neutrino fluxes, and the fractions of nuclear reactions that occur in the CNO cycle or in the three branches of the p-p chains. We also determine the correlation coefficients of the neutrino fluxes for use in analysis of solar neutrino oscillations. Our calculations include the most accurate available input parameters, including radiative opacity, equation of state, and nuclear cross sections. We incorporate both the recently determined heavy element abundances recommended by Asplund et al. and the older (higher) heavy element abundances recommended by Grevesse & Sauval. We present best estimates of many characteristics of the standard solar model for both sets of recommended heavy element compositions.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available