The goal here was/is to apply electrodynamics and visualization techniques to see what the radiation from a pulsar looks like.

The simplest model of a pulsar I could think of is derived as follows: A pulsar is a sphere which rotates on some axis. The plasma within the pulsar behaves as a current. The magnetic axis of the pulsar's current is offset from the rotation axis. Thus, I am modeling the pulsar as a rotating loop of current whose normal vector is offset from the rotation axis.

There's a lot of code here. It shows a developmental process in steps. I'd order them as follows: MagnetostaticStationaryLoopPotential ElectrodynamicyStationaryLoopPotential ElectrodynamicMovingLoopPotential CurrentLoopAnim (I actually made this first just to get a feel for the animation) ElectrodynamicMovingLoopPotentialAnimated ElectrodynamicPoyntingVectorAnimated (WIP)

TO DO: Calculate Poynting vector and average pointing vector over a cycle Optimize calculations (I'm keeping my eyes peeled for any mathematical or CS optimizations)