The 'solar model problem' solved by the abundance of neon in nearby stars

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7050, 2005, Pages 525-528

  Drake, Jeremy J ^a   Testa, Paola ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; NEON; OSCILLATIONS; SEISMOLOGY; SPEED;

DEPTH PROFILES; SOLAR MODEL PROBLEM; SOUND SPEED; X-RAY SPECTRA;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

CARBON; HELIUM; NEON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

NEON; SOLAR PHENOMENA; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATION; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SUN; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 23444455473     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03803     Document Type: Article

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