Magnetic-field oscillation model of pulsar radio emission: prediction of an observable effect

Abstract

ABSTRACT Since the discovery of pulsars, the rotating-lighthouse model has been the choice of model to explain the radiation pulsation of pulsars. After discovering that some main sequence stars (e.g. CU Virginis) and ultracool dwarfs (e.g. TVLM 513−46546) also behave like pulsars, the lighthouse model was again adopted to explain their pulse signals. Our research found that if we use the magnetic-field oscillation (MO) model, we can explain the pulse radiation results better regardless of whether its source is a neutron star, a main-sequence star, or an ultracool dwarf. We propose a verifiable prediction that can be used to evaluate the MO model. Our prediction is that there is a 90° phase lag between the magnetic field and radio signal of TVLM 513−46546, and the zero-crossing point of the magnetic field is the moment when the direction of the light’s circular polarization is reversed. No new observations are needed to check this prediction, but certain existing data needs to be re-mined.