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Spectral Characteristics of a Rotating Solar Prominence in Multiple Wavelengths

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2024-10-07 v1

Abstract

We present synthetic spectra corresponding to a 2.5D magnetohydrodynamical simulation of a rotating prominence in the Ca II 8542 \r{A}, Hα\alpha, Ca II K, Mg II k, Ly α\alpha, and Ly β\beta lines. The prominence rotation resulted from angular momentum conservation within a flux rope where asymmetric heating imposed a net rotation prior to the thermal-instability driven condensation phase. The spectra were created using a library built on the Lightweaver framework called Promweaver, which provides boundary conditions for incorporating the limb-darkened irradiation of the solar disk on isolated structures such as prominences. Our spectra show distinctive rotational signatures for the Mg II k, Ly α\alpha, and Ly β\beta lines, even in the presence of complex, turbulent solar atmospheric conditions. However, these signals are hardly detectable for the Ca II 8542 \r{A}, Hα\alpha, Ca II K spectral lines. Most notably we find only a very faint rotational signal in the Hα\alpha line, thus reigniting the discussion on the existence of sustained rotation in prominences.

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@article{arxiv.2410.03479,
  title  = {Spectral Characteristics of a Rotating Solar Prominence in Multiple Wavelengths},
  author = {A. G. M. Pietrow and V. Liakh and C. M. J. Osborne and J. Jenkins and R. Keppens},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.03479},
  year   = {2024}
}

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Accepted in A&A Letters. Movies available at https://cloud.aip.de/index.php/s/cs9RKM4CwLrwR3N