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Quiescent prominences are thin slabs of cold, dense plasma embedded in the much hotter and rarer solar corona. Although their global shape is rather irregular, they are often characterised by an internal structure consisting of a large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-23 R. Oliver

Developing an understanding of how magnetic fields can become entangled in a prominence is important for predicting a possible eruption. This work investigates the kinetic energy and vorticity associated with plasma motion residing inside…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-12 M. S. Freed , D. E. McKenzie , D. W. Longcope , M. Wilburn

In this study we show how hydrogen and helium lines modelling can be used to make a diagnostic of active and eruptive prominences. One motivation for this work is to identify the physical conditions during prominence activation and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Nicolas Labrosse , Jean-Claude Vial , Pierre Gouttebroze

Context. Understanding the close relationship between the plasma and the magnetic field is important to describe and explain the observed complex dynamics of solar prominences. Aims. We determine if a close relationship between plasma and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-01 P. J. Levens , N. Labrosse , B. Schmieder , A. López Ariste , L. Fletcher

The paper analyzes the structure and dynamics of a quiescent prominence that occurred on October 22, 2013. We aim to determine the physical characteristics of the observed prominence using MgII k and h, CII (1334 and 1336 A), and SiIV (1394…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 S. Jejčič , P. Schwartz , P. Heinzel , M. Zapiór , S. Gunár

Broad sets of spectroscopic observations comprising multiple lines represent an excellent opportunity for diagnostics of the properties of the prominence plasma and the dynamics of their fine structures. However, they also bring significant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-19 P. Schwartz , S. Gunar , J. Koza , P. Heinzel

The first dedicated observation of an off-limb prominence by the Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment (SPICE) instrument on board Solar Orbiter took place on April 15, 2023. Our aim is to provide an overview of the potentiality of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-16 Yong Zhang , Nicolas Labrosse , Susanna Parenti , Therese A. Kucera

We present a comprehensive set of spectral data from two quiescent solar prominences observed in parallel from space and ground: with the VTT, simultaneous two-dimensional imaging of H-beta 4862 and Ca II 8542 yields a constant ratio,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-26 G. Stellmacher , E. Wiehr , I. E. Dammasch

Observations of the Mg II h and k lines in solar prominences with IRIS reveal a wide range of line shapes from simple non-reversed profiles to typical double-peaked reversed profiles with many other complex line shapes possible. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-08 Peter James Levens , Nicolas Labrosse

Prominences are cool overdensities of plasma supported by magnetic fields that levitate in the solar corona. The physical characterization of these structures is key for understanding the magnetic field in the corona. Our work attempts to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-06 S. Esteban Pozuelo , A. Asensio Ramos , J. Trujillo Bueno , R. Ramelli , F. Zeuner , M. Bianda

Observations of solar prominences reveal a complex, dynamic flow field within them. The flow field within quiescent prominences is characterized by long ``threads'' and dark ``bubbles'' that fall and rise (respectively) in a thin sheet. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-23 Neal Hurlburt , Thomas Berger

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

Solar prominences are very spectacular structures embedded in the tenuous and hot solar corona. The counterstreaming flows, a common feature in solar quiescent prominences, have been discovered for more than twenty years. However, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-07 X. L. Yan , Z. K. Xue , J. C. Wang , P. F. Chen , K. F. Ji , C. Xia , L. H. Yang , D. F. Kong , Z. Xu , Y. A. Zhou , Q. L. Li

Spectroscopic observations of prominence eruptions associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs), although relatively rare, can provide valuable plasma and 3D geometry diagnostics. We report the first observations by the Interface Region…

The Fraunhofer G-band around 4304 {\AA} is widely used as a photospheric diagnostic and is generally not expected to show signatures of chromospheric or coronal structures. However, recent amateur observations have suggested the presence of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-14 A. G. M. Pietrow , H. Balthasar , P. Váradi Nagy , R. Kamlah , A. Stork , C. Denker , M. Verma

The nature of flows in tornado-prominences is an open issue. While the AIA imager aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) allowed us to follow the global structure of a tornado-like prominence during five hours, the Interface Region…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-15 Krzysztof Barczynski , Brigitte Schmieder , Aaron W. Peat , Nicolas Labrosse , Pierre Mein , Nicole Mein

The low solar atmosphere is composed of mostly neutral particles, but the importance of the magnetic field for understanding observed dynamics means that interactions between charged and neutral particles play a very important role in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-16 Andrew Hillier , Ben Snow

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

Solar prominences are formed by partially ionized plasma with inter-particle collision frequencies generally warranting magnetohydrodynamic treatment. In this work, we explore the dynamical impacts and observable signatures of two-fluid…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-17 B. Popescu Braileanu , V. S. Lukin , E. Khomenko , A. de Vicente

A large solar pore with a granular light bridge was observed on October 15, 2008 with the IBIS spectrometer at the Dunn Solar Telescope and a 69-min long time series of spectral scans in the lines Ca II 854.2 nm and Fe I 617.3 nm was…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 M. Sobotka , M. Svanda , J. Jurcak , P. Heinzel , D. Del Moro