The traditional view of pulsar radiation frequency is dependent on the
rate of rotation of the neutron star at it's centre. It seems likely
that together with other cosmic objects with magnetospheres, including
our earth and sun, that a pulsar may be subject to the same
phenomenon. I came to the conclusion a few days ago, but I am not the
first with this idea:http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/COSPAR2006/01770/
COSPAR2006-A-01770.pdf?PHPSESSID=70b66b95a0d4ed74826465a72635029c
The pulsar magnetic field oscillation model and the verification ...

This may cause researchers to rethink their theories on pulsar
structure, electrodynamics and magnetosphere structure, allowing the
rate of spin to be independent of the frequency of emissions.

I am led to believe that this magnetic field polarity reversal may
explain many of the difficulties encountered in Pulsar research.

I believe that the neutron star is made of superfluid neutrons, with a
relatively small amount of transient proton and electron superfluid
components, which vary in proportion at the same rate as the magnetic
flux reversal, creating an alternating protonic/electronic current,
and the pulsar dynamo is in effect an alternator. Plasma ions and dust
in an accretion disk are predominantly infalling due to the
gravitational attraction of the star, electrons are stripped from the
plasma and infall along the magnetic flux lines where the magnetic
field overcomes the gravitational attraction for the lighter
particles. The different paths taken by positive and negative
particles, lead to a regular polarisation reversal of the star,
leading to the alternator effect,, and thus any particles trapped in
the closed magnetic flux start to travel in the opposite direction,
creating the electromagnetic radiation we observe. At the poles,
electrons are trapped in open flux lines, and create the polar jets of
radiation as they vibrate towards and away from the star with each
reversal of field. Near the surface of the star there is such an
intense magnetic field near the poles where electrons reach
relativistic speeds and enter the star, rapidly neutralising the
protons as they travel through the superfluid neutron matrix, nearer
the equator, positive ions and dusty plasma attracted by the
gravitational field enter (and become) the atmosphere of the star, at
relativistic speeds, and are transformed into degenerate neutrons and
protons, which flow towards the negatively charged pole. I guess that
during this transformation, the high energy radiation is formed,
which illuminates the gas in the region of the pulsar. I will leave
the maths to those who understand it.

I assume that the rate of infalling matter would initially be rather
chaotic, but once an accretion disk had evolved, the rate would become
more or less constant, until the pulsar had moved out of the ejecta
cloud remnants of the supernova, where matter would either become more
sparse, or possibly, richer, if a nebula or sufficiently dense star is
encountered closely.

If the star mops up enough matter over time, the path lengths of the
positive and negatively charged particles in the neutron superfluid
increase, following their spiral course between equatorial and polar
regions, decreasing the rate of reversal, as the mass of the neutron
star increases. The spin rate, which I would suggest is much larger
that the reversal oscillation frequency, would also decrease over time
as the object becomes more massive.

The magnetic field of the pulsar bears no relationship to the initial
magnetic field of the mother star before it's supernova event, since
different dynamo principles are in effect. The original star's
magnetic field is totally disrupted by the supernova effect.

The superfluid nature of the neutron star is interesting, and would
create a dynamo effect all by itself, as long as it was moving or
rotating and it's temperature was above 0 deg. K, even if there were
no plasma to feed it. A sphere consisting of neutrons would have
faults, continually changing position due to the impossibility of
packing a sphere with identical particles, which I assume themselves
have a spherical conformation. Faults in the neutron shell would have
a tendency to allow protons and electrons to form.

Consider incompressible spheres e.g. ball bearings (neutrons) in a
rectangular box with all of the dimensions slightly larger than the
size of each layer (concentric spherical layers), a few layers thick,
being shaken (thermal effects at any temperature above absolute zero).
The ball bearings would settle into lattices with cracks between them,
and the cracks would change randomly with each shake, and ball
bearings would exchange between layers. In the temporary gap between,
a neutron decomposes to electron (free) and proton with limited
range.The next shake and the electron is separated from it's
original partner but in greater proximity to another proton held in
the lattice, and fuses with it, much in the way that electrons and
holes move in a semiconductor. Any motion of the star, and a current
and magnetic field element has been produced.

The traditional view of pulsar radiation frequency is dependent on the
rate of rotation of the neutron star at it's centre. It seems likely
that together with other cosmic objects with magnetospheres, including
our earth and sun, that a pulsar may be subject to the same
phenomenon. I came to the conclusion a few days ago, but I am not the
first with this idea: http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/COSPAR2006/01770/
COSPAR2006-A-01770.pdf?PHPSESSID=70b66b95a0d4ed74826465a72635029c
The pulsar magnetic field oscillation model and the verification ...

This may cause researchers to rethink their theories on pulsar
structure, electrodynamics and magnetosphere structure, allowing the
rate of spin to be independent of the frequency of emissions.

I am led to believe that this magnetic field polarity reversal may
explain many of the difficulties encountered in Pulsar research.

I believe that the neutron star is made of superfluid neutrons, with a
relatively small amount of transient proton and electron superfluid
components, which vary in proportion at the same rate as the magnetic
flux reversal, creating an alternating protonic/electronic current,
and the pulsar dynamo is in effect an alternator. Plasma ions and dust

Also note that magnetic field reversals in dynamos like the earth or
sun occur over many hundreds or thousands of rotation cycles. Thus,
one would infer from your "belief" that the actual neutron star
rotation speed would need to be much faster than the pulsation rate.
On the other hand, some pulsars pulse at rates which are within a
factor of a few of the break-up rotation speed for a neutron star (few
milliseconds). Thus, there is no realistic way to produce such
oscillations.

Finally note that no plausibility has been given to explain how
magnetic field reversals would produce ultra-stable pulsations over
tens of years (with stabilities that rival atomic clocks on earth).

c0h0...@hotmail.com writes:
The traditional view of pulsar radiation frequency is dependent on the
rate of rotation of the neutron star at it's centre. It seems likely
that together with other cosmic objects with magnetospheres, including
our earth and sun, that a pulsar may be subject to the same
phenomenon. I came to the conclusion a few days ago, but I am not the
first with this idea:http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/COSPAR2006/01770/
COSPAR2006-A-01770.pdf?PHPSESSID=70b66b95a0d4ed74826465a72635029c
The pulsar magnetic field oscillation model and the verification ...

This may cause researchers to rethink their theories on pulsar
structure, electrodynamics and magnetosphere structure, allowing the
rate of spin to be independent of the frequency of emissions.

I am led to believe that this magnetic field polarity reversal may
explain many of the difficulties encountered in Pulsar research.

I believe that the neutron star is made of superfluid neutrons, with a
relatively small amount of transient proton and electron superfluid
components, which vary in proportion at the same rate as the magnetic
flux reversal, creating an alternating protonic/electronic current,
and the pulsar dynamo is in effect an alternator. Plasma ions and dust

Note that this has no similarity to the solar or terrestrial magnetic
field reversal process (which is a convective "alpha-dynamo").

Also note that magnetic field reversals in dynamos like the earth or
sun occur over many hundreds or thousands of rotation cycles. Thus,
one would infer from your "belief" that the actual neutron star
rotation speed would need to be much faster than the pulsation rate.
On the other hand, some pulsars pulse at rates which are within a
factor of a few of the break-up rotation speed for a neutron star (few
milliseconds). Thus, there is no realistic way to produce such
oscillations.

Finally note that no plausibility has been given to explain how
magnetic field reversals would produce ultra-stable pulsations over
tens of years (with stabilities that rival atomic clocks on earth).

CM

"R" == Rob <rloldershaw@amherst.edu> writes:

Also note that magnetic field reversals in dynamos like the earth
or sun occur over many hundreds or thousands of rotation cycles.
Thus, one would infer from your "belief" that the actual neutron
star rotation speed would need to be much faster than the pulsation
rate. On the other hand, some pulsars pulse at rates which are
within a factor of a few of the break-up rotation speed for a
neutron star (few milliseconds). Thus, there is no realistic way to
produce such oscillations.
[...]

I don't see Craig's comments as summarily dismissive. He points to a
very real problem. The typical time scale for a field reversal is
many rotation periods. If pulsar pulses are due to a field reversal,
that requires the neutron star be spinning much, much faster than the
pulse period. In turn, this would require at least some pulsars to be
rotating at speeds well in excess of their break-up speed (i.e., the
speed at which the rotational velocity at the surface exceeds the
escape velocity).

If you want this idea to be remotely close to accurate, you have to
also abandon, at least, existing constraints on the nuclear matter
equation of state or general relativity or both.

On Feb 11, 12:19 pm, Joseph Lazio <jla...@adams.patriot.net> wrote:

I don't see Craig's comments as summarily dismissive. He points to a
very real problem. The typical time scale for a field reversal is
many rotation periods. If pulsar pulses are due to a field reversal,
that requires the neutron star be spinning much, much faster than the
pulse period. In turn, this would require at least some pulsars to be
rotating at speeds well in excess of their break-up speed (i.e., the
speed at which the rotational velocity at the surface exceeds the
escape velocity).

If you want this idea to be remotely close to accurate, you have to
also abandon, at least, existing constraints on the nuclear matter
equation of state or general relativity or both.


Your arguments are based on an analogy between field reversals within
the Solar System and putative reversals for a pulsar. A pulsar is a
radically different system! ...

... Do you have any scientific argument that
says that a pulsar cannot reverse its field once per revolution, or
once every two revolutions? I suspect that you would be hard pressed
to come up with a convincing argument against such a possibility.

On 11 Feb, 02:30, Craig Markwardt
craigm...@REMOVEcow.physics.wisc.edu> wrote:
c0h0...@hotmail.com writes:
The traditional view of pulsar radiation frequency is dependent on the
rate of rotation of the neutron star at it's centre. It seems likely
that together with other cosmic objects with magnetospheres, including
our earth and sun, that a pulsar may be subject to the same
phenomenon. I came to the conclusion a few days ago, but I am not the
first with this idea:http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/COSPAR2006/01770/
COSPAR2006-A-01770.pdf?PHPSESSID=70b66b95a0d4ed74826465a72635029c
The pulsar magnetic field oscillation model and the verification ...

This may cause researchers to rethink their theories on pulsar
structure, electrodynamics and magnetosphere structure, allowing the
rate of spin to be independent of the frequency of emissions.

I am led to believe that this magnetic field polarity reversal may
explain many of the difficulties encountered in Pulsar research.

I believe that the neutron star is made of superfluid neutrons, with a
relatively small amount of transient proton and electron superfluid
components, which vary in proportion at the same rate as the magnetic
flux reversal, creating an alternating protonic/electronic current,
and the pulsar dynamo is in effect an alternator. Plasma ions and dust

Note that this has no similarity to the solar or terrestrial magnetic
field reversal process (which is a convective "alpha-dynamo").

Also note that magnetic field reversals in dynamos like the earth or
sun occur over many hundreds or thousands of rotation cycles. Thus,
one would infer from your "belief" that the actual neutron star
rotation speed would need to be much faster than the pulsation rate.
On the other hand, some pulsars pulse at rates which are within a
factor of a few of the break-up rotation speed for a neutron star (few
milliseconds). Thus, there is no realistic way to produce such
oscillations.

Finally note that no plausibility has been given to explain how
magnetic field reversals would produce ultra-stable pulsations over
tens of years (with stabilities that rival atomic clocks on earth).

CM

The quoted poster abstract (link split at end of line) is reproduced
below:
.... text removed for brevity ...

For instance work on superconductors in the lab has been extrapolated
to a postulated frozen magnetic field in neutron stars, which we can
usually only observe as pulsars, which are dynamic evolving energetic
systems, exchanging mass and energy in their various environments,
unlike the small scale static experiments on superconductors at low
temperature. The theory has not been falsified, but there are
observations that it may take hundreds of years for a supernova
remnant to develop an observable magnetic neutron star (NS) at its
midst, and that any frozen magnetic field must be self contained
within the star. Duh!

If magnetic field is not observable, it may not exist at all. "But it
must be there!" is just another belief, not testable.

One belief could be that the star is rotating near its maximum angular
velocity of the order of 3000Hz, and that magnetic field is disrupted
as it plows through the corotating plasma. ...

... Indeed researchers are
finding it strange that the fastest pulsar has a frequency of only
715Hz, whereas speeds of up to the maximum have been postulated. This
is just one more criticism of the lighthouse theory. Most pulsars
should be spinning faster than we can observe on the basis of the
lighthouse theory.

In some pulsars, the frequency is not stable over time. Others have
sub-pulses and glitches, which may be analogous to solar sunspot
activity.

If we believe that the collapsed mass in an NS conserves the angular
momentum of the progenitor star, that the magnetic field is conserved
to produce some of the strongest magnets in the universe, why not that
the reversal of magnetic field of the old star is also conserved, but
the rate increases to fit the size of the resulting NS?

On Feb 11, 6:42 am, c0h0...@hotmail.com wrote:



Have you published anything on the Magnetic Oscillation model. If so
where could I find a copy?

Thanks, Rob

"Rob" <rlolders...@amherst.edu> writes:
On Feb 11, 12:19 pm, Joseph Lazio <jla...@adams.patriot.net> wrote:

....content removed

[*] Note that there is no such thing as superfluid electrons or protons.

It is a novel idea, and all credit to the Chinese team and seems so
obvious to investigate, as it would clarify some of the big problems
with the maths attempting to explain some of the current theories, and
some of the unfeasible proposals that have now to be discounted.

On 11 Feb, 20:43, Craig Markwardt
craigm...@REMOVEcow.physics.wisc.edu> wrote:
"Rob" <rlolders...@amherst.edu> writes:
On Feb 11, 12:19 pm, Joseph Lazio <jla...@adams.patriot.net> wrote:

...content removed

[*] Note that there is no such thing as superfluid electrons or protons.

I suggest you search google and look up "Cooper pairs"