A new seismic analysis of Alpha Centauri

@article{Thoul2003ANS,
  title={A new seismic analysis of Alpha Centauri},
  author={Anne Thoul and Richard Scuflaire and Arlette Noels and Benjamin Vatovez and Maryline Briquet and M-A. Dupret and Josefina Montalb{\'a}n},
  journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics},
  year={2003},
  volume={402},
  pages={293-297}
}
Models of α Cen A &Bh avebeen computed using the masses determined by Pourbaix et al. (2002) and the data derived from the spectroscopic analysis of Neuforge & Magain (1997). The seismological data obtained by Bouchy & Carrier (2001, 2002) do help improve our knowledge of the evolutionary status of the system. All the constraints are satisfied with a model which gives an age of about 6 Gyr for the binary. 
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