Abstract
Recent measurements of the polarization of the Hel D3 line (λ5876Å) in solar prominences (Hanle effect) have been used to infer new data about prominence magnetic field (Leroy 1977, Leroy et al. 1977, Sahal-Brèchot et al. 1977). The derived field strengths are in good agreement with previous magnetographic measurements obtained at several observatories in USA (Rust 1972). Using the Hanle effect also gives the direction of the magnetic field, which is a crusial parameter in theories of prominences (Kippenhahn and Schlüter 1957, Anzer 1968, Malville 1976). Some theories require a horizontal oriented magnetic field in the prominences. High quality optical observations, on the other hand, resolve predominantly vertically oriented prominence microstructure (Dunn 1972, Engvold 1976).
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