by Steve Smith » Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:32 pm
I wonder what a "controlled nova" is? In common parlance, a nova takes place when matter accretes to the surface of a white dwarf star. That is supposed to create a fusion explosion.
Stars are most likely the loci of intergalactic Birkeland current filaments that have been pumped with so much charge that they've formed Bennett pinches along their lengths. In that sense, stars aren't objects at all, they're regions of increased plasma concentration driven by external power.