The Magnetic Field Structure of Prominences from Direct and Indirect Observations
Abstract
Solar prominences are fascinating and unique magnetic structures in our solar system. From all observational evidence to date, their intricate structure, dynamics and plasma parameters are apparently all derived from observable source magnetic fields on the Sun. While the processes that convert these source fields to prominence magnetic fields are not fully understood, there is a trail of observational information that gives many clues about how prominence magnetic fields are derived from or related to these source fields and maintained for various lengths of time through multiple processes, over a wide range of spatial scales. This chapter highlights that trail of observational information for two primary magnetic types with very different origins: channel prominences and coronal cloud prominences.
- Publication:
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Solar Prominences
- Pub Date:
- 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1007/978-3-319-10416-4_9
- Bibcode:
- 2015ASSL..415..205M
- Keywords:
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- Physics