Anti-Matter- Regular Matter- Pulse Collisions?

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The discussion centers on the collision dynamics between anti-matter stars and matter stars, highlighting that such collisions would generate significant gamma rays capable of sterilizing a substantial portion of a galaxy. The initial contact between the stars would result in annihilation at their surfaces, creating energy that could cause them to bounce apart, followed by gravitational forces pulling them back together. This cycle of collisions would diminish over time as the stars lose mass, eventually leading to a state where they no longer have sufficient gravity to maintain proximity, resulting in their drift through space.

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I was reading about what would happen if an Anti-Matter star and Matter star collided. What I read says the collision would make enough gamma rays to sterilize and entire eighth of a galaxy of life.
Yet, I thought about something, when the two collide, their surfaces would touch first. (Duh) So there surface's both annilate each other producing energy, that, would 'bounce' the stars back. Gravity would then take over again and pull them closer in which their surface's would annialte and the stars bounce back. So we have a kind of 'super-pulses' that would hit each other on some time scale.
Yet, since the stars are getting smaller, their collisions get smaller.
At some point the stars would not have enough gravity to pull each other together and they would drift off, rather small into space.

So the Matter- Anti-Matter Collisions would happen several time acting like a dwindling Pulse.
Thoughts?
 
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It doesn't have to be pulsed. They could also reach a quasi-equilibrium. Regular stars are an example already: They are in an equilibrium between fusion and energy dissipation towards the outside. Alternatively the dynamics could lead to so much mixing that the resulting pressure destroys the stars, with their matter flying in all directions.

It sounds quite complicated to model that.
 

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