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  • Quiescent prominences host a large range of flows, many driven by buoyancy, which lead to velocity shear. The presence of these shear flows could bend and stretch the magnetic field resulting in the formation of current sheets which can lead to magnetic reconnection. Though this has been hypothesised to occur in prominences, with some observations that are suggestive of this process, clear evidence has been lacking. In this paper we present observations performed on June 30, 2015 using the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph Si  IV and Mg  II slit-jaw imagers of two bi-directional jets that occur inside the body of the prominence. Such jets are highly consistent with what would be expected from magnetic reconnection theory. Using this observation, we estimate that the prominence under study has an ambient field strength in the range of 4.5−9.2 G with ‘turbulent’ field strengths of 1 G. Our results highlight the ability of gravity-driven flows to stretch and fold the magnetic field of the prominence, implying that locally, the quiescent prominence field can be far from a static, force-free magnetic field.
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