Does a solar filament barb always correspond to a prominence foot?
Y. Ouyang,
P. F. Chen,
S. Q. Fan
et al.
Abstract:Solar filaments are dark structures on the solar disk, with an elongated spine and several barbs extending out from the spine. When appearing above the solar limb, a filament is called a prominence, with several feet extending down to the solar surface. It was generally thought that filament barbs are simply the prominence feet veering away from the spine and down to the solar surface. However, it was recently noticed that there might be another dynamic type of barbs, which were proposed to be due to filament … Show more
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