caa a22 4500 445816015 CHVBK 20180317145228.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11214-010-9648-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11214-010-9648-9 Damping Mechanisms for Oscillations in Solar Prominences [Elektronische Daten] [Iñigo Arregui, José Ballester] Small amplitude oscillations are a commonly observed feature in prominences/filaments. These oscillations appear to be of local nature, are associated to the fine structure of prominence plasmas, and simultaneous flows and counterflows are also present. The existing observational evidence reveals that small amplitude oscillations, after excited, are damped in short spatial and temporal scales by some as yet not well determined physical mechanism(s). Commonly, these oscillations have been interpreted in terms of linear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves, and this paper reviews the theoretical damping mechanisms that have been recently put forward in order to explain the observed attenuation scales. These mechanisms include thermal effects, through non-adiabatic processes, mass flows, resonant damping in non-uniform media, and partial ionization effects. The relevance of each mechanism is assessed by comparing the spatial and time scales produced by each of them with those obtained from observations. Also, the application of the latest theoretical results to perform prominence seismology is discussed, aiming to determine physical parameters in prominence plasmas that are difficult to measure by direct means. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 Waves nationallicence MHD nationallicence Sun: prominences nationallicence Sun: filaments nationallicence Sun: atmosphere nationallicence Sun: corona nationallicence Sun: oscillations nationallicence Arregui Iñigo Departament de Física, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain aut Ballester José Departament de Física, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain aut Space Science Reviews Springer Netherlands 158/2-4(2011-07-01), 169-204 0038-6308 158:2-4<169 2011 158 11214 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-010-9648-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-010-9648-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Arregui Iñigo Departament de Física, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ballester José Departament de Física, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Space Science Reviews Springer Netherlands 158/2-4(2011-07-01), 169-204 0038-6308 158:2-4<169 2011 158 11214 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer