I have the gravitational field accelerating particles back inwards and ionizing. The velocity at which they re-enter the atmosphere causes them to ionize as per Hannes Alfven's idea of critical ionization velocity. Once they move fast enough in a surrounding medium they become plasma. This plasma is self perpetuating because the gravitational field is constant. Some particles are lost slowly (solar wind) which causes the star to lose mass and shrink, thus the gravitational field diminishes, and when that happens the particles cannot reionize again, because the gravitational potential is too weak, they cannot reach the velocities required to ionize them again. This means the star stops shining in the visible spectrum (recombination, a thermodynamic phase transition ignored by EU and establishment astrophysics) strongly depending on which have the higher critical ionization velocities. This is why you will never see a luminous star with Jupiter's mass shining like the Sun.Electro wrote:Jeffrey,
Did you, by any chance, use Bob Johnson's "Current-Free Double-Layer" Sun as a source of inspiration for GTSM? It does kinda eliminate the need for something powering stars (in a permanent fashion, that is)... They might be gradually dissipating as they are seeking to equalize their voltage with their surroundings?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWpPetp ... tml5=False
http://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/forum/phpB ... hp?t=11164
Would be very nice to have more long overdue feedback on the SAFIRE project...
The particles recombine and release heat (exothermic reaction) then get ejecting outwards again. It is a feedback loop which is dependent on how much mass is lost.
it is also very new. I haven't read this anywhere, I've been searching for 4 years...
As to the SAFIRE project I have no idea. I have not followed it at all. When I see that word I think sapphires, which are beautiful stones that I have in my possession. : )