Well, just give it a try, Extropia DaSilva, and see if magnetic fields are more important than gravity. The intergalactic magnetic field is approximately 0.1 nT (I think I have that correctly), and look at the effects that you think are important.

Now, the problem with electrical effects is ofcourse that plasmas are quasi-neutral and therefore electric fields only appear under special circumstances (like e.g. double layers) and for the rest are shielded in the deBye sphere. Therefore, a plasma blob can usually be taken as just a big blob under the influence of gravity.

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