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How long does it take for heat to flow through the sun?

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

This question, which often comes in when discussing solar neutrinos, is not clearly analysed in any textbook, to our knowledge. In this note we give a simple estimate of the flow time, also reminding its (ir)relevance to the solar neutrino problem.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9702133,
  title  = {How long does it take for heat to flow through the sun?},
  author = {G. Fiorentini and B. Ricci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9702133},
  year   = {2007}
}

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