Solar prominences: theory and models: Fleshing out the magnetic skeleton

SE Gibson - Living reviews in solar physics, 2018‏ - Springer
Magnetic fields suspend the relatively cool material of solar prominences in an otherwise hot
corona. A comprehensive understanding of solar prominences ultimately requires complex …

Vortex motions in the solar atmosphere: Definitions, theory, observations, and modelling

K Tziotziou, E Scullion, S Shelyag, O Steiner… - Space Science …, 2023‏ - Springer
Vortex flows, related to solar convective turbulent dynamics at granular scales and their
interplay with magnetic fields within intergranular lanes, occur abundantly on the solar …

The european solar telescope

CQ Noda, R Schlichenmaier, LRB Rubio… - Astronomy & …, 2022‏ - aanda.org
The European Solar Telescope (EST) is a project aimed at studying the magnetic
connectivity of the solar atmosphere, from the deep photosphere to the upper …

1.5 D non-LTE spectral synthesis of a 3D filament and prominence simulation

JM Jenkins, CMJ Osborne, R Keppens - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023‏ - aanda.org
Context. Overly idealised representations of solar filaments and prominences in numerical
simulations have long limited their morphological comparison against observations …

Critical Science Plan for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST)

MP Rast, N Bello González, L Bellot Rubio, W Cao… - Solar Physics, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract The National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) will
revolutionize our ability to measure, understand, and model the basic physical processes …

A New View of the Solar Interface Region from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)

B De Pontieu, V Polito, V Hansteen, P Testa… - Solar Physics, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) has been obtaining near-and far-
ultraviolet images and spectra of the solar atmosphere since July 2013. IRIS is the highest …

Solar prominence diagnostics from non-LTE modelling of Mg II h&k line profiles

AW Peat, N Labrosse, B Schmieder… - Astronomy & …, 2021‏ - aanda.org
Aims. We investigate a new method to for obtaining the plasma parameters of solar
prominences observed in the Mg II h&k spectral lines by comparing line profiles from the …

On the physical nature of the so-called prominence tornadoes

S Gunár, N Labrosse, M Luna, B Schmieder… - Space Science …, 2023‏ - Springer
The term 'tornado'has been used in recent years to describe several solar phenomena, from
large-scale eruptive prominences to small-scale photospheric vortices. It has also been …

Mg II h&k fine structure prominence modelling and the consequences for observations

AW Peat, N Labrosse, P Gouttebroze - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023‏ - aanda.org
Aims. Using 2D Mg II h&k solar prominence modelling, our aim is to understand the
formation of complex line profiles and how these are seen by the Interface Region Imaging …

Spectro-imagery of an active tornado-like prominence: Formation and evolution

K Barczynski, B Schmieder, AW Peat… - Astronomy & …, 2021‏ - aanda.org
Context. The dynamical nature of fine structures in prominences remains an open issue,
including rotating flows in tornado prominences. While the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly …