Coronal transverse magnetohydrodynamic waves in a solar prominence

T. J. Okamoto; S. Tsuneta; T. E. Berger; K. Ichimoto; Y. Katsukawa; B. W. Lites; S. Nagata; K. Shibata; T. Shimizu; R. A. Shine; Y. Suematsu; T. D. Tarbell; A. M. Title

doi:10.1126/science.1145447

Coronal transverse magnetohydrodynamic waves in a solar prominence

T. J. Okamoto
, S. Tsuneta
, T. E. Berger
, K. Ichimoto
, Y. Katsukawa
, B. W. Lites
, S. Nagata
, K. Shibata
, T. Shimizu
, R. A. Shine
, Y. Suematsu
, T. D. Tarbell
, A. M. Title

National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Kyoto University
Lockheed Martin
National Center for Atmospheric Research
JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

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Abstract

Solar prominences are cool 104 kelvin plasma clouds supported in the surrounding 106 kelvin coronal plasma by as-yet-undetermined mechanisms. Observations from Hinode show fine-scale threadlike structures oscillating in the plane of the sky with periods of several minutes. We suggest that these represent Alfvén waves propagating on coronal magnetic field lines and that these may play a role in heating the corona.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1577-1580
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	318
Issue number	5856
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1145447
State	Published - Dec 7 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Coronal transverse magnetohydrodynamic waves in a solar prominence

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