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Solar neutrinos and the solar composition problem
Carlos Pena-Garay, Aldo Serenelli
Standard solar models (SSM) are facing nowadays a new puzzle: the solar composition problem. New determinations of solar metal abundances lead SSM calculations to conflict with hel…
Semi-empirical white dwarf initial-final mass relationships: a thorough analysis of systematic uncertainties due to stellar evolution models
Maurizio Salaris, Aldo Serenelli, Achim Weiss +1
Using the most recent results about white dwarfs in 10 open clusters, we revisit semi-empirical estimates of the initial-final mass relation in star clusters, with emphasis on the…
CN-Cycle Solar Neutrinos and Sun's Primordial Core Metalicity
W. C. Haxton, A. M. Serenelli
We argue that it may be possible to exploit neutrinos from the CN cycle and pp chain to determine the primordial solar core abundances of C and N at an interesting level of precisi…
Reaching the End of the White Dwarf Cooling Sequence in NGC 6791
L. R. Bedin, I. R. King, J. Anderson +4
We present new observations of the white dwarf sequence of the old open cluster NGC 6791. The brighter peak previously observed in the white dwarf luminosity function (WDLF) is now…
Solar heavy element abundance: constraints from frequency separation ratios of low-degree p modes
William J. Chaplin, Aldo M. Serenelli, Sarbani Basu +3
We use very precise frequencies of low-degree solar-oscillation modes measured from 4752 days of data collected by the Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network (BiSON) to derive seism…
Solar abundances and helioseismology: fine structure spacings and separation ratios of low-degree p modes
Sarbani Basu, William J. Chaplin, Yvonne Elsworth +3
We have used 4752 days of data collected by the Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network (BiSON) to determine very precise oscillation frequencies of acoustic low-degree modes that pr…
Life Products of Stars
Aldo M. Serenelli, Masataka Fukugita
We attempt to document complete energetic transactions of stars in their life. We calculate photon and neutrino energies that are produced from stars in their each phase of evoluti…
DQ white-dwarf stars with low C abundance: Possible progenitors
C. G. Scóccola, L. G. Althaus, A. M. Serenelli +2
The present paper focuses on the evolution of hydrogen-deficient white dwarfs with the aim of exploring the consequences of different initial envelope structures on the carbon abun…
10,000 Standard Solar Models: a Monte Carlo Simulation
John N. Bahcall, Aldo M. Serenelli, Sarbani Basu
We have evolved 10,000 solar models using 21 input parameters that are randomly drawn for each model from separate probability distributions for every parameter. We use the results…
On constructing horizontal branch models
A. Serenelli, A. Weiss
We investigate different methods used to construct (zero-age) horizontal branch models and compare the resulting horizontal branch evolution with that of models resulting from the…
Burst Neutrinos from Nitrogen Flash
A. M. Serenelli, M. Fukugita
Neutrinos give a novel probe to explore deep interior of astrophysical objects, which otherwise is not accessible with optical observations; among notable examples are solar and su…
Influence of two updated nuclear reaction rates on the evolution of low and intermediate mass stars
A. Weiss, A. Serenelli, A. Kitsikis +2
Two key reactions of hydrostatic nuclear burning in stars have recently been revised by new experimental data - the 14N(p,gamma)15O and triple alpha reaction rates. We investigate…
What Is The Neon Abundance Of The Sun?
John N. Bahcall, Sarbani Basu, Aldo M. Serenelli
We have evolved a series of thirteen complete solar models that utilize different assumed heavy element compositions. Models that are based upon the heavy element abundances recent…
The formation and evolution of hydrogen-deficient post-AGB white dwarfs: the emerging chemical profile and the expectations for the PG1159-DB-DQ evolutionary connection
L. G. Althaus, A. M. Serenelli, J. A. Panei +3
This paper is designed to explore the formation and evolution of hydrogen-deficient post-AGB white dwarfs. To this end, we compute the complete evolution of an initially 2.7 M_sun…
New solar opacities, abundances, helioseismology, and neutrino fluxes
John N. Bahcall, Aldo M. Serenelli, Sarbani Basu
We construct solar models with the newly calculated radiative opacities from the Opacity Project (OP) and recently determined (lower) heavy element abundances. We compare results f…
How do Uncertainties in the Surface Chemical Abundances of the Sun Affect the Predicted Solar Neutrino Fluxes?
John N. Bahcall, Aldo M. Serenelli
We show that uncertainties in the values of the surface heavy element abundances of the Sun are the largest source of the theoretical uncertainty in calculating the p-p, pep, 8B, 1…
Supernova 1993J: a veiled pulsar in a binary system?
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Aldo M. Serenelli
The recent report of a binary companion to the progenitor of supernova 1993J may provide important clues for identifying the nature of the nascent compact object. Given the estimat…
Helioseismological Implications of Recent Solar Abundance Determinations
John N. Bahcall, Sarbani Basu, Marc Pinsonneault +1
We show that standard solar models are in good agreement with the helioseismologically determined sound speed and density as a function of solar radius, the depth of the convective…
How Accurately Can We Calculate the Depth of the Solar Convective Zone?
John N. Bahcall, Aldo M. Serenelli, Marc Pinsonneault
We evaluate the logarithmic derivative of the depth of the solar convective zone with respect to the logarithm of the radiative opacity. We use this expression to show that the rad…
Diffusion and the occurrence of hydrogen shell flashes in helium white dwarf stars
L. G. Althaus, A. M. Serenelli, O. G. Benvenuto
We investigate the effects of element diffusion on the structure and evolution of low-mass helium white dwarfs (WD). Attention is focused on the occurrence of hydrogen shell flashe…