title: Astrophysical jets as exact plasma equilibria
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Queen's University, Kingston, K7L 3N6 Canada and and Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow 117 966 Russia.
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Bogoyavlenskij