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Here we aim to point out the rather stringent limitations, particularly those due to frequency stability requirements, that can be placed on conceivable (for example, binary) sources of any gravitational waves that might be detected by resonant stimulation of an oscillation mode in the Solar System. This question has recently been raised by widespread informal discussions1,2 of the possibility that unexpectedly persistent low-frequency (160-min period) oscillations observed in the Sun3 might be due to such a mechanism4. We show here that this particular possibility can be excluded.
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Bonazzola, S., Carter, B., Heyvaerts, J. et al. Resonant reception in the Solar System of gravitational waves from external sources. Nature 308, 163–164 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/308163a0
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