ERUPTIVE PROMINENCES AND CORONAL TRANSIEN TS

The positions and lengths dong the Solar limb for several eruptive pro minences and the corresponding coronal transients are compared, Transi ent loops are by a factor of 2 to 3 wider than prominences in the dire ction of position angle and are located symmetrically with respect to prominences, A model of transient formation is suggested that consider s the transients to form as a result of drift motions of coronal plasm a in the electromagnetic field of the rising electric current of the f ilament. The model describes the formation of a cavity around the fila ment and of the outer loop of the transient, which moves at a speed th at exceeds the speed of the rising prominence.