Bibcode
Díaz, A. J.; Oliver, R.; Ballester, J. L.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.402, p.781-789 (2003)
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2003
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Description
High-resolution observations of quiescent filaments point out that their
fine structure is made of small-scale threads or fibrils. These fibrils
can be represented as thin loops having cool tops, i.e. the prominence
material, while the rest of the loop displays coronal temperatures.
Then, the stacking of these thin loops in the vertical and horizontal
directions gives place to the fine structure of filaments. On the other
hand, two-dimensional, high-resolution observations of oscillations in
filaments suggest that individual fibrils or groups of fibrils may
oscillate independently with their own periods (Yi et al. cite{yi}).
Díaz et al. (cite{doeb01}, hereafter Paper I) studied the fast
magnetohydrodynamic oscillations of a single and isolated slab
prominence fibril using a two-dimensional model with no dependence in
the y-direction. Here, we introduce a completely different approach
which allows us to build up a 3-dimensional model for the fast
magnetohydrodynamic oscillations of the fibril configuration used in
Paper I. As compared to the results obtained in Paper I, two relevant
new features appear; first of all, the cut-off frequency varies with the
longitudinal wavenumber, so more modes can be trapped within the fibril;
secondly, a much better confinement of the energy of the modes within
the fibril appears, diminishing the leakage of energy towards
neighbouring fibrils and so difficulting their mutual excitation.