Bibcode
Arregui, I.; Oliver, Ramón; Ballester, José Luis
Referencia bibliográfica
Living Reviews in Solar Physics, vol. 9, no. 2
Fecha de publicación:
4
2012
Revista
Número de citas
103
Número de citas referidas
94
Descripción
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.