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Originally Posted by CraigS
Another thing also, electrostatic forces seem to be cited as playing roles in pulling together dusty aggregates. I can see this assisting the planetary clumping process (before gravity kicks in).
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Hmm.. overall plasma electrical charge is nil (since plasma is highly conductive... it actually has negative resistance (higher the current, lover the voltage drop) apart from local variations.
It is different situation if we have already neutral (and charged to some extent) particles.
This charge (re-ionization) may come from radiation from nearby stars perhaps.. but this means all the particles will be of same charge.. so repulsive force will be in action.