The highest luminosity burst of radiation observed from a pulsar is the result of _____.
A) the pulsation of a neutron star's surface
B) a "hot spot" that rotates around the equator of a pulsar
C) a spinning beam of radiation emerging from the pulsar's poles
D) the rotation of an accretion disk transferring matter to the pulsar's surface
E) the revolution of a binary companion that eclipses the pulsar, then reveals it
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