A rapidly spinning neutron star sweeps twin radiation beams across space like a cosmic lighthouse; the beams flash bright each time their tilted magnetic axis sweeps past the viewer, exactly as observed pulsar pulses are timed.
- Spin rate: ~3.2 rad/s base angular velocity
- Beams: 2 additive-blended cones + bright inner cores
- Field lines: 4 nested torus rings
- Flash model: intensity driven by beam-to-viewer dot product