Prominence seismology using ground- and space-based observations

J.L. Ballester; I. Arregui; R. Oliver; J. Terradas; R. Soler; Y. Lin; O. Engvold; O. Langagen; L.H.M. Rouppe van der Voort

doi:10.1051/eas/1255023

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Volume 55 (2012)

EAS Publications Series, 55 (2012) 169-174

Abstract

Issue		EAS Publications Series Volume 55, 2012 4th French-Chinese Meeting on Solar Physics - Understanding Solar Activity: Advances and Challenges


Page(s)		169 - 174
Section		Formation and Oscillations of Filaments
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1255023
Published online		27 June 2012

Understanding Solar Activity: Advances and Challenges
M. Faurobert, C. Fang and T. Corbard (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 55 (2012) 169-174

Prominence seismology using ground- and space-based observations

J.L. Ballester¹, I. Arregui¹, R. Oliver¹, J. Terradas¹, R. Soler², Y. Lin³, O. Engvold³, O. Langagen³ and L.H.M. Rouppe van der Voort³

¹ Departament de Física, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Mallorca, Spain
² Centrum voor Plasma Astrofysica, KULeuven, Belgium
³ Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, Oslo, Norway

Abstract

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, two prominence seismology applications are presented.