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Prominence motions and their implications for magnetic fields

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Using results obtained in our earlier paper (Ballester and Kleczek, 1983) and the equipartition principle we attempt to calculate the lower limits of magnetic fields in three solar prominences. The values are then compared with the magnetic fields found by experimental methods. Furthermore, we have calculated by Ampère's law the lower limits of electric currents inside the conical surface where the knot's motion is located. The results obtained are compared with a few determinations of electric currents in prominences, that can be found in the bibliography. An attempt is made to use a three-currents system to explain the configuration of magnetic fields in solar prominences.

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  1. Departamento de Física de la Tierra y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain

    J. L. Ballester

  2. Astronomical Institute, 25165, Ondřejov, Czechoslovakia

    J. Kleczek

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Ballester, J.L., Kleczek, J. Prominence motions and their implications for magnetic fields. Sol Phys 90, 37–40 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153783

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