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Given the difficulty in directly determining prominence physical parameters from observations, prominence seismology stands as an alternative method to probe the nature of these structures. We show recent examples of the application of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-24 I. Arregui , J. L. Ballester , R. Oliver , R. Soler , J. Terradas

We report on the tornado-like evolution of a quiescent prominence on 2014 November 1. The eastern section of the prominence first rose slowly transforming into an arch-shaped structure as high as ~150 Mm above the limb; the arch then…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-04 Wensi Wang , Rui Liu , Yuming Wang

Although the real shapes and trajectories of erupting solar prominences in three dimensions have been intensively studied, the three-dimensional (3D) shapes of stable prominences before eruptions have not been measured accurately so far. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Chengrui Zhou , Chun Xia , Yuandeng Shen

Context. A large prominence was observed on September 24, 2013, for three hours (12:12 UT -15:12 UT) with the newly launched (June 2013) Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), THEMIS (Tenerife), the Hinode Solar Optical Telescope…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-01 Brigitte Schmieder , Hui Tian , Arturo Lopez Ariste , Nicole Mein , Pierre Mein , Kevin Dalmasse , Leon Golub

The eruption of solar filaments, also known as prominences appearing off-limb, is a common phenomenon in the solar atmosphere. It ejects massive plasma and high-energy particles into interplanetary space, disturbing the solar-terrestrial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-31 Ye Qiu , Chuan Li , Yang Guo , Zhen Li , Mingde Ding , Linggao Kong

Since the first reports of oscillations in prominences in 1930s there have been major theoretical and observational advances to understand the nature of these oscillatory phenomena leading to a whole new field of so called "prominence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 D. Tripathi , H. Isobe , R. Jain

Solar prominences (or filaments) are cooler and denser plasma suspended in the much hotter and rarefied solar corona. When viewed on the solar disc filament barbs or feet protrude laterally from filament spine. When observed at the limb of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-25 Huadong Chen , Chun Xia , Suli Ma , Yingna Su , Guiping Zhou , Eric Priest , Lyndsay Fletcher , Yuandeng Shen , Weining Tu , Wei Wang , Jun Zhang

Solar prominences usually have a horizontally elongated body with many feet extending to the solar surface, resembling a multi-arch bridge with many bridge piers. The basic mechanism by which solar prominences acquire these common…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-12 Huanxin Chen , Chun Xia , Hechao Chen

Solar prominences are cool and dense plasma structures floating in the hot solar corona. They are ubiquitous features in the solar atmosphere, but their formation mechanism is still unclear. Here we perform comprehensive fully…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-04 Lisa-Marie Zessner , Robert H. Cameron , Sami K. Solanki , Damien Przybylski

Prominences, or filaments, are a striking phenomenon in the solar atmosphere. Besides their own rich features and dynamics, they are related to many other activities, such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). In the past…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-08 P. F. Chen

Filament longitudinal oscillations have been observed on the solar disk in H$\alpha$. We intend to find an example of the longitudinal oscillations of a prominence, where the magnetic dip can be seen directly, and examine what is the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Qingmin Zhang , Pengfei Chen , Chun Xia , Rony Keppens

Solar prominences, intricate structures on the Sun's limb, have been a subject of fascination due to their thread-like features and dynamic behaviors. Utilizing data from the New Vacuum Solar Telescope (NVST), Chinese H_alpha Solar Explorer…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-05 Jincheng Wang , Dong Li , Chuan Li , Yijun Hou , Zhike Xue , Zhe Xu , Liheng Yang , Qiaoling Li

Phase mixing of standing continuum Alfv\'en waves and/or continuum slow waves in atmospheric magnetic structures such as coronal arcades can create the apparent effect of a wave propagating across the magnetic field. We observe a prominence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 J. O. Raes , T. Van Doorsselaere , M. Baes , A. N. Wright

Solar prominences, or solar filaments, are cool and dense plasma structures in the hot solar corona, whose formation mechanisms have remained a fundamental challenge in solar physics. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-19 Yuhao Zhou

Solar filaments/prominences are common features in the Sun's atmosphere that contain cool chromospheric material suspended within the hot corona. However, the intricate topology of these structures and the mechanisms driving their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-20 X. F. Zhang , G. P. Zhou , C. L. Jin , Y. Z. Zhang , G. W. Li , Z. H. Shang , L. P. Li , S. B. Yang , S. H. Yang , J. X. Wang

Solar filaments are dark structures on the solar disk, with an elongated spine and several barbs extending out from the spine. When appearing above the solar limb, a filament is called a prominence, with several feet extending down to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-13 Y. Ouyang , P. F. Chen , S. Q. Fan , B. Li , A. A. Xu

Observations and models of solar prominences are reviewed. We focus on non-eruptive prominences, and describe recent progress in four areas of prominence research: (1) magnetic structure deduced from observations and models, (2) the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 D. H. Mackay , J. T. Karpen , J. L. Ballester , B. Schmieder , G. Aulanier

Spectropolarimetric observations of prominences have been obtained with the THEMIS telescope during four years of coordinated campaigns. Our aim is now to understand the conditions of the cool plasma and magnetism in `atypical' prominences,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 P. J. Levens , B. Schmieder , A. López Ariste , N. Labrosse , K. Dalmasse , B. Gelly

Solar prominences are long-lived cool and dense plasma curtains in the hot and rarefied outer solar atmosphere or corona. The physical mechanism responsible for their formation and especially for their internal plasma circulation has been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 Chun Xia , Rony Keppens

Solar prominences are the most prominent large-scale structures observed above the solar limb in emission in chromospheric lines but in absorption in coronal lines. At the bottom of prominences often appears a bubble, with plumes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-20 Wensi Wang , Rui Liu , Runbin Luo , Xiaoli Yan