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Structural characteristics of eruptive prominences

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Nowadays the primordial importance of the magnetic field for coronal plasma physics is well known. However, its determination is only made in cool regions, mainly the photosphere and prominences. The extrapolation to the corona gives some indications of the magnetic structure but is not presently sufficiently reliable. So it is important to consider all the other observable physical effects of the magnetic field.

In this puzzle, eruptive prominences may play a key role because the cool plasma is forced to move along field lines, which can then be visualized. In the strongest field regions, flares also give such information, while coronal mass ejections (CME) play such a role at larger scales. The magnetic field, which is at the base of the physical processes, is a common link between these different events.

Observed properties of solar prominence eruptions are reviewed, then their relationships with CMEs and flares are discussed, with the help of present models. We emphasize the importance of magnetic measurements in future coordinated observations.

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Démoulin, P., Vial, J.C. Structural characteristics of eruptive prominences. Sol Phys 141, 289–301 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00155181

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