title: Stationary equilibria of two fluid plasmas having significant, internal, static electric fields.
abstract: New steady-state equilibria of two-species, collisionless plasmas have been found for symmetrical systems by varying the total energy subject to Maxwell's equations, momentum moment equations, and adiabatic equations of state, without imposing a quasineutrality condition. Electrons are confined by magnetic forces and ions by internal, electrostatic forces due to charge separation. The scale length for one-dimensional plasmas is characterized by the electron skin depth. Minimum average beta values are approximately one-half. Space and laboratory applications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-4415, USA.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Held