Equilibrium and stability of prominence flux ropes

Bryan H. Fong; Omar A. Hurricane; Steven C. Cowley

doi:10.1023/A:1010301524783

Equilibrium and stability of prominence flux ropes

Bryan H. Fong
, Omar A. Hurricane
, Steven C. Cowley

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Abstract

Realistic models of solar prominence flux ropes are numerically constructed. The models are in 2.5 dimensions, including the effects of non-isothermal temperature, density and gravity, and pressure. Stability of the equilibria to pressure- and gravity-driven instabilities is numerically investigated, using the ballooning formalism of fusion plasma theory. The equilibrium models can become unstable to pressure- and gravity-driven modes at plasma parameters characteristic of prominences.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	93-117
Number of pages	25
Journal	Solar Physics
Volume	201
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010301524783
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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