Simulation of Solar Prominence (IMAGE)
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The new computer simulations are based on a magnetic field structure that is often associated with prominences: the magnetic field lines in the corona form a double arc with a small dip in the middle. As the calculations show, the flame-like prominence forms in this dip and remains trapped there. All relevant layers of the Sun were taken into account, from the corona, the Sun’s outer atmosphere, to parts of the convection zone below the Sun’s surface.
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