ALMA Observations of Solar Prominences
1 : Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
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Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is also intended to be used for solar
research, with the European solar ALMA node located in Ondrejov. The great potential of ALMA lies
in rather straightforward temperature diagnostics of chromospheric-type plasmas, and in particular
of the coolest prominence structures. We briefly review the ALMA capabilities and then demonstrate
how a quiescent prominence would appear in different ALMA wavelength channels. We show that
the prominence fine-structures are well detectable. Using an unprecedented spatial resolution of
ALMA, together with a forward modeling techniques, we will be able to map the temperatures
of cool prominence condensations and study their structure and dynamics.