IV. Prominences and Filaments

Abstract

This report is a summary of the work done on the physics of prominences and filaments. An overview of modern observations has been written by Hirayama (1985). The behaviour of solar Coronal and Prominence Plasmas (CPP) has been the topic of two SMM meetings, organized by A. Poland in 1985 and 1986, in Goddard Space Flight Center. An extensive review of the subject (formation, spectroscopic diagnostics and instabilities, with a large amount of contributed papers) can be found in the proceedings (Poland, 1986 (I)). Also, the physics and the structure of prominences will be discussed, from a more theoretical point of view, during a next workshop, in Palma de Mallorca, organized by E. Priest and J.L. Ballester in November 1987.