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The vertical fine structure in a quiescent prominence was modelled as an assembly of very narrow, optically thin threads. Random clusterings of the threads can account for the observed contrast and Hα line profiles of the fine structures. In this picture, each structure consists of a cluster of 7–20 elementary threads.

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  1. National Optical Astronomy Observatories, National Solar Observatory/SP, 88349, Sunspot, NM, U.S.A.

    J. B. Zirker

  2. Geophysics Laboratory (AFSC), National Solar Observatory/Sacramento Peak, 88349, Sunspot, NM, U.S.A.

    S. Koutchmy

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Operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under contract with the National Science Foundation.

NAS/NRC Research Associate, on leave from Institut d'Astrophysique, CNRS, Paris, France.

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Zirker, J.B., Koutchmy, S. Prominence fine structure. Sol Phys 127, 109–118 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158516

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