The pulsar is surrounded by a plasma-filled superconducting magnetosphere that rotates rigidly with the star except where there are open field lines. (The "light cylinder" marks the boundary where ...

suggests that the "zebra" pattern is an interference effect caused by the diffraction of light on varying plasma densities in the pulsar's magnetosphere. "If you have a screen and an ...

suggests that the "zebra" pattern is an interference effect caused by the diffraction of light on varying plasma densities in the pulsar's magnetosphere. "If you have a screen and an ...