{"title":"Prominence Oscillations","authors":"Iñigo Arregui, Ramón Oliver, José Luis Ballester","doi":"10.12942/lrsp-2012-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Prominences are intriguing, but poorly understood, magnetic structures of the solar corona. The dynamics of solar prominences has been the subject of a large number of studies, and of particular interest is the study of prominence oscillations. Ground- and space-based observations have confirmed the presence of oscillatory motions in prominences and they have been interpreted in terms of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. This interpretation opens the door to perform prominence seismology, whose main aim is to determine physical parameters in magnetic and plasma structures (prominences) that are difficult to measure by direct means. Here, we review the observational information gathered about prominence oscillations as well as the theoretical models developed to interpret small amplitude oscillations and their temporal and spatial attenuation. Finally, several prominence seismology applications are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":49147,"journal":{"name":"Living Reviews in Solar Physics","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.9000,"publicationDate":"2012-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.12942/lrsp-2012-2","citationCount":"82","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Living Reviews in Solar Physics","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2012-2","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Prominences are intriguing, but poorly understood, magnetic structures of the solar corona. The dynamics of solar prominences has been the subject of a large number of studies, and of particular interest is the study of prominence oscillations. Ground- and space-based observations have confirmed the presence of oscillatory motions in prominences and they have been interpreted in terms of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. This interpretation opens the door to perform prominence seismology, whose main aim is to determine physical parameters in magnetic and plasma structures (prominences) that are difficult to measure by direct means. Here, we review the observational information gathered about prominence oscillations as well as the theoretical models developed to interpret small amplitude oscillations and their temporal and spatial attenuation. Finally, several prominence seismology applications are presented.
期刊介绍:
Living Reviews in Solar Physics, a platinum open-access journal, publishes invited reviews covering research across all areas of solar and heliospheric physics. It distinguishes itself by maintaining a collection of high-quality reviews regularly updated by the authors. Established in 2004, it was founded by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS). "Living Reviews®" is a registered trademark of Springer International Publishing AG.