Astrophysical jets as exact plasma equilibria
Two families of exact global solutions to the equations of plasma equilibrium are derived. The solutions model astrophysical jets and solar prominences and provide counterexamples to Parker's hypothesis.
Bogoyavlenskij
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Department of Mathematics, Queen's University, Kingston, K7L 3N6 Canada and and Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow 117 966 Russia.