What have we learned about the solar interior from solar oscillations

摘要

After a brief review of the discovery and properties of solar oscillations, I summarize the significant advances in our knowledge of the Sun's interior structure achieved by using solar oscillation frequency data. I discuss the surprising solar interior rotation profile; the precise determination of the convection zone depth; the convection zone helium abundance; evidence for diffusive settling of helium during the Sun's 4.5 billion year lifetime; and the Sun's central structure and implications for the solar neutrino problem.