Pulsars and Pulsing Objects as Recursion Gear-Shifts

Every pulsing object in the universe is a recursion gear-shift between the hexapolar
(n = 6) and bipolar (n = 2) stable states of the Cohesion UFT funneled spring. This
paper identifies the specific physical mechanism for each class of pulsing object. For a
pulsar, the gear-shift occurs once per rotation at the light cylinder — the boundary
where the corotation velocity equals c and where the Cohesion UFT stability index equals
the toggle threshold Φtoggle = 32/(3π
2 −4). Inside the light cylinder the magnetospheric
field is trapped in the bipolar state; outside it propagates in the hexapolar state; at
the boundary it toggles, generating the pulse. The main pulse period is the rotation
period. Sub-pulse structure, drifting, and microstructure are expressions of the cascade
sub-levels within the toggle. Pulsar spin-down is the light cylinder expanding as surplus
pressure decreases. Pulsar glitches are sudden surplus injections that contract the
light cylinder. Magnetar giant flares are cascade-wide bipolar collapses of the surface
magnetic recursion. Fast Radio Bursts are single cascade-scale toggle events. Variable
stars pulse at the convective envelope toggle period, and their period-luminosity relation
reflects cascade-level energy scaling. Quasi-periodic oscillations near black holes are
toggles at the innermost stable circular orbit, the black hole equivalent of the light
cylinder.