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The Sun's gravitational quadrupole moment inferred from the fine structure of the acoustic and gravity normal mode spectra of the Sun

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

H. A. Hill ,
G. R. Rabaey  and
R. D. Rosenwald
H. A. Hill
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Arizona Research Laboratories, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85715
G. R. Rabaey
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Arizona Research Laboratories, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85715
R. D. Rosenwald
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Arizona Research Laboratories, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85715

Abstract

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The fine structure of the acoustic and gravity mode multiplets of the Sun have been analyzed to infer the internal rotation of the Sun and upper limits of the internal magnetic field. Observed fine structure for 137 multiplets has been obtained (Hill 1984b, 1985a, 1985b) and the fine structure has been examined for dependence on the angular order, m, of the modes. The inferred angular velocity distribution, together with the estimated upper limits on the internal magnetic fields, yields a gravitational quadrupole moment, J2, of ≈7.7 × 10−6. This result is consistent with the result obtained by Hill, Bos and Goode (1982) and has important implications for planetary tests of theories of gravitation.

Type
High Precision Observations and Relativity
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 114: Relativity in Celestial Mechanics and Astrometry , 1986 , pp. 345 - 354
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986 

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