Three species collisionless reconnection: O+ in the magnetotail and dusty astrophysical plasmas

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Nov 2004

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American Physical Society, 46th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, 15-19 November, 2004, Savannah, GA. MEETING I

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The nature of collisionless reconnection in a three-species plasma composed of a heavy charged species, protons, and electrons is examined. Besides the usual two length scales present in two-species reconnection, there are two additional larger length scales in the system: one associated with a ``heavy whistler'' which produces a large scale quadrupolar out-of-plane magnetic field, and one associated with the ``heavy Alfvén'' wave which can slow the outflow speed and thus the reconnection rate. The consequences for reconnection with O^+ present in the magnetotail as well as reconnection in dusty plasmas are discussed.

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