OR it could be

A. Formation/Dissolving of the Magnetic bubble.
B. A large mass appearing/disappearing from jump space.
C. The interaction of jump space and normal space during the transition
phase of the ship as it enters/exits jump space.
D. A combination of all of the above.

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On Mon, 23 May 2016 02:25:02 -0700 " (via tml list)"
<xxxxxx@shadowgard.com> writes:
> On 21 May 2016 at 15:50, xxxxxx@juno.com wrote:
>
> > A magnetic bubble also explains the jump flash at the beginning and
> > end of the jump by its formation to enter jump space, or
> > its dissolving at the end when the ship emerges from jump space.
>
>
> No need to go that far. Jump flash is explainable simply by the
> fact that you have a large mass appearing/disappearing.
>
> That's gonna cause major changes in the curvature of space-time
> sending out "ripples". Some of that could easily come out as EM
> radiation (there should be some distinctive gravity waves as well).
>
> --
> Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
> shadow at shadowgard dot com
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