Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001apj...549.1221g&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 549, Issue 2, pp. 1221-1230.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Sun: Activity, Sun: Corona, Sun: Filaments, Sun: Prominences
Scientific paper
This paper presents an observational study of an active prominence observed in He I 1083 nm intensity and velocity data obtained at the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory, which provide physical insight into dynamical processes associated with prominences. We compare these observations with existing theoretical prominence models, which fall into two main classes: dip models and flux rope models. Dip models use sagging magnetic arches to explain prominence support, while flux rope models are characterized by helical magnetic field lines that trap prominence material at the bottom of the rope. The prominence on which we focus in the present paper has four interesting components of activity, all of which we attempt to explain using each of three different prominence models: the normal and inverse polarity flux rope models and the dip model. Our objective is to test the viability of each of these models in describing this type of activity. The model that appears consistent with the observed activity in this particular prominence is the inverse polarity flux rope model. We suggest that the process of vertical reconnection between an inverse polarity flux rope and an underlying magnetic arcade may best describe the observed prominence activity.
Burkepile Joan T.
Gilbert Holly R.
Holzer Thomas Edward
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