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Estimation of Plasma Properties and Magnetic Field in a Prominence-like Structure as Observed by SDO/AIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2014

B. N. Dwivedi ,
A. K. Srivastava  and
Anita Mohan
B. N. Dwivedi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India email: [email protected]
A. K. Srivastava
Affiliation:
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, India
Anita Mohan
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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We analyze a prominence-like cool plasma structure as observed by Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). We perform the Differential Emission Measure (DEM) analysis using various filters of AIA, and also deduce the temperature and density structure in and around the observed flux-tube. In addition to deducing plasma parameters, we also find an evidence of multiple harmonics of fast magnetoacoustic kink waves in the observed prominence-like magnetic structure. Making use of estimated plasma parameters and observed wave parameters, under the baseline of MHD seismology, we deduce magnetic field in the flux-tube. The wave period ratio P1/P2 = 2.18 is also observed in the flux-tube, which carries the signature of magnetic field divergence where we estimate the tube expansion factor as 1.27. We discuss constraints in the estimation of plasma and magnetic field properties in such a structure in the current observational perspective, which may shed new light on the localized plasma dynamics and heating scenario in the solar atmosphere.

Keywords

Solar ProminenceMHD WavesMagnetic Fields
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S300: Nature of Prominences and their role in Space Weather , June 2013 , pp. 405 - 407
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013 

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