Recent work on standard solar models

Abstract

Recent results on standard solar models are reviewed. I shall summarize briefly three of the themes that I stressed at the Neutrino '92 Conference: 1) Different solar model codes give the same answers when the same input data are used; 2) Improved calculations of standard solar models include helium diffusion, the Livermore radiative opacity, the meteoritic iron abundance, and a variety of other corrections; and 3) There are a few basic rules that should be followed in using standard solar models. At the Neutrino '92 Conference, I reviewed in more detail the recent work on standard solar models by Marc Pinsonneault and myself. This work has by now appeared in print (Rev. Mod. Phys. 64, 885, 1992, hereafter Paper I, and ApJ Letters, 69, 717, 1992, Paper II). Therefore, there is no need for me to repeat the details here.