Speaker
Prof.
Sarbani Basu
(Yale University)
Description
Helioseismology has allowed us to determine the structure and dynamics of the Sun to an unprecedented accuracy and precision. This allows us to test different solar models against the Sun to determine which model is good. By comparing models constructed with different physics, we can determine which physics inputs work better, and thus use the Sun as a laboratory to test the physics of stellar material. In this talk I shall describe what we have learned about stellar opacities and the equation of state using helioseismic data.
Primary author
Prof.
Sarbani Basu
(Yale University)
