Current astrophysical models attribute pulsar emission to rotating neutron stars and heavy-element stability to fusion-based nucleosynthesis pathways. While these mechanisms are well supported observationally, their logical necessity has not been explicitly tested.In this work, we present a first-principles computational falsification study in which the defining assumptions of both models—compact objects, imposed rotation, and fusion rules—are explicitly forbidden.Starting from a relativistic post–Type II supernova plasma, we demonstrate that (i) stable, periodic, pulsar-like electromagnetic emissions can emerge from self-confined plasmoid dynamics without rotation, and (ii) persistent, element-like bound states can arise from relativistic plasma self-organization without fusion or r-process assumptions.These findings show that canonical mechanisms are sufficient but not strictly required, expanding the space of physically admissible explanations for two cornerstone astrophysical phenomena.
Drew Slawson (Fri,) studied this question.