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Originally Posted by VanderL
Could you explain what these findings mean for the solar model? Personally I don't really trust numbers derived from "solar interior models", but even so any model should be consistent with observations.
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I am not sure what you mean by this comment VL. Observations suggest that the alteration of the neon/oxygen abundances in the solar atmosphere as suggested by Bachall et al (2005) and Anita & Basu (2005) is not the answer for why there is a slight discrepancy between the Standard Solar Model and observations of the sun.
The idea that neon may have been to culprit arose because of studies of active cool stars by Drake & Tesla (2005). As this thesis did not match the observations, there is another culprit that must be identified and tested.
Pretty good science, IMHO.
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