Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
The p-mode frequencies obtained by the VIRGO instrument have been inverted to derive the solar core structure. Two sets of frequencies have been used in the inversions. The sets are derived from different time series (the second containing the first), using different procedures for fitting the spectra. The influence of the correlations between the p-mode frequencies has been implemented in the inversion procedure. The two data sets are in good agreement with each other, and show no evidence that the sun is significantly different from the latest available standard solar model.