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💡 Pulsar Magnetosphere — 2D Light Cylinder and Pulse Profile

2D companion of the pulsar magnetosphere sim: dipole field lines with the light cylinder, open and closed zones, polar-cap size, Goldreich-Julian density, vacuum-dipole spin-down with period derivative and characteristic age, and the pulse profile for a chosen viewing angle. Checked by RK4 field-line tracing and a numerical spin-down integration.

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Pulsar Magnetosphere — 2D Light Cylinder and Pulse Profile ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the pulsar magnetosphere sim: dipole field lines with the light cylinder, open and closed zones, polar-cap size, Goldreich-Julian density, vacuum-dipole spin-down with period derivative and characteristic age, and the pulse profile for a chosen viewing angle. Checked by RK4 field-line tracing and a numerical spin-down integration.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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