08-17-2016, 08:13 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-17-2016, 08:18 AM by stevebowers.)
One thing that would slow the process down is the generation of waste heat. A hypernode is created by disassembling a star, using its own luminosity; this would generate a lot of energy since a significant fraction of the binding energy of the star has to be released over a finite amount of time in order to separate the mass. Even though OA tech is efficient, some significant waste heat would be released.