Saturday, May 04, 2013

[uxvbptkl] Inducing a nova in a CNO star

Add a large quantity of carbon into a star doing the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen fusion cycle.  The additional catalyst accelerates fusion, perhaps with dramatic effect.  A large quantity of carbon can be provided by a suitable white dwarf star.  Moving it there is left as an exercise for the reader.

Previously, using electrons.

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