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.
Cite
@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}
}
Comments
3 pages, RevTeX, plus 1 postscripts figure