Electric Pulsars
Sep
28, 2010
Lacking a solid theory,
astronomers now propose electric
current moving faster than light as
pulsar power sources.Pulsars
are described as "lighthouses" with
rotating beams of energy
concentrated at specific points.
Gravitational theory relies on a
rotational mechanism for their
pulsations, so when the spin of a
pulsar brings its beam in line with
telescopes on Earth, a flash of
light is visible.
However, the rotation rates of
some pulsars were clocked at speeds
faster than once per second (even
with many times the mass of our
Sun). Nothing known to science can
withstand the forces involved with
those spin rates, so "neutron stars"
were mathematically created. Only
something so dense was thought able
to withstand the rotational
velocity.
Now, according to a recent
press release, another
mechanism for the rapid blink rate
has been proposed: electric currents
flowing faster than light speed. Los
Alamos National Laboratory
scientists theorize that the
rotating star's intense magnetic
field is generating electricity that
is, in turn, causing charge
separation to take place. The
movement of opposite charges is
supposed to emit the beams of light.
Several Picture of the Day
articles have addressed the problem
of neutron stars. According to the
Electric Star theory, neutron stars
belong with the Celestial Teapot in
the imaginary objects category.
Deficits in gravity-only cosmology
made the neutron star hypothesis
necessary because gravity has been
granted ostensibly endless powers.
The Crab Nebula pulses 30 times
per second, or 30 hertz. That means
the star is theoretically rotating
30 times per second. There are
pulsars with frequencies as high as
716 hertz, as well. The regular
frequency is not mechanically
generated, however. Instead, it is
the capacitive, resistive, and
inductive electrical environment
around the star that generates an
oscillation.
Compacted matter and extreme
rotation are not necessary.
Electricity traveling through
circuits provides a coherent
explanation that is consistent with
commonly accepted electromagnetic
theories, as well as with laboratory
experiments.
Pulsars are said to be created by
neutron stars with magnetic fields
measuring over 10^15 Gauss. For
comparison, the Earth's magnetic
field is about one-half Gauss. It
must be stressed, though, that the
evidence is indirect and no neutron
star has ever been observed.
What is observed are intense
magnetic fields pulsing at times in
fractions of a second. It is a
well-established fact that magnetic
fields are induced by electric
currents. Therefore, there must be
an electric current generating the
intense fields in a pulsar. It is
also indisputable that the feeder
current must be part of a circuit,
since persistent electric current
must flow in a completed circuit.
The oscillations in pulsars are
caused by resonant effects in
electric circuits. The sudden
release of stored electrical energy
in a “double layer” is responsible
for their energetic outbursts.
Pulsars do not shine with visible
light alone; sometimes X-rays and
gamma rays are seen. The outbursts
begin with a sudden peak of energy,
and then gradually decline, like a
stroke of lightning.
As the current flows through
clouds of dusty plasma it
concentrates forces because of the
Biot-Savart effect,
drawing itself together and forming
helical zones of immense compression
known as "z-pinches" or "Bennett
pinches." Depending on how much
electricity is flowing through the
circuit, the star's magnetic field
will be greater where there is more
current.
It seems more likely that in
pulsars we are witnessing an immense
concentration of electricity being
focused by some kind of "plasma gun"
effect.
Stephen Smith
with a hat tip to Harry Walton