Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8132349 | Advances in Space Research | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Solar prominences are magnetic structures incarcerating cool and dense gas in an otherwise hot solar corona. Prominences can be categorized as quiescent and active. Their origin and the presence of cool gas (â¼104â¯K) within the hot (â¼106K) solar corona remains poorly understood. The structure and dynamics of solar prominences was investigated in a large number of observational and theoretical (both analytical and numerical) studies. In this paper, an analytic model of quiescent solar prominence is developed and used to demonstrate that the prominence velocity increases exponentially, which means that some gas falls downward towards the solar surface, and that Alfvén waves are naturally present in the solar prominences. These theoretical predictions are consistent with the current observational data of solar quiescent prominences.
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Authors
Swati Routh, Snehanshu Saha, Atul Bhat, M.N. Sundar,