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The Hanle effect method has been applied to the determination of the magnetic field in 120 prominences of the polar crown observed during the 1974–1980 period, which is the ascending phase of cycle XXI. The average field strength which was about 6 G at the beginning of the cycle reached twice this value just before the maximum. There is also a clear trend for a increase of the prominence field with the altitude. We confirm the fact that the magnetic vector makes a small angle (25 °) with the long axis of the prominence. As to the field orientation, we show that the most striking feature lies in the regular pattern of the component which is parallel to the axis of the filament; its direction seems to depend closely on the polarities of the high latitude photospheric field.
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Département d'Astrophysique Fondamentale, Observatoire de Meudon, 92190 Meudon, France.
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Leroy, J.L., Bommier, V. & Sahal-Brechot, S. The magnetic field in the prominences of the polar crown. Sol Phys 83, 135–142 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00148248
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