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<p>Long-period radio transients (LPTs) are coherent bursts of polarized radio emission that repeat periodically on timescales of minutes to hours. Little is known about the physical origins of these systems. Astronomers have proposed magnetars that rotate slowly and white dwarfs that rapidly orbit with a companion star as potential explanations. While several recent examples appear to support the latter hypothesis, the mechanism generating these bright radio pulses remains poorly understood. Here we report our discovery and classification of the LPT ASKAP J174508.9-505149 as an accreting white dwarf binary. This object has an ~1.3 h spectroscopic orbital period and exhibits orbitally modulated X-ray emission and radio bursts. These elliptically polarized radio bursts drift in emission frequency, potentially due to a longer beat period, and turn off for several hours at a time. Some LPTs have been associated with non-interacting white dwarf binaries. We have spectroscopically confirmed this system as an accreting cataclysmic variable, identified through characteristic optical emission lines and an ongoing X-ray outburst. Our results strengthen the link between at least some LPTs and white dwarf binaries.</p>

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Periodic radio and X-ray emission from an accreting white dwarf binary

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    2026年6月1日

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  • Kovi Rose,
  • Joshua Pritchard,
  • Tara Murphy,
  • L. N. Driessen,
  • D. L. Kaplan,
  • M. Caleb,
  • Ziteng Wang,
  • A. Zic,
  • I. Andreoni,
  • J. Carney,
  • B. N. Barlow,
  • D. Dobie,
  • M. Gu,
  • G. Heald,
  • D. Huber,
  • E. Lenc,
  • J. K. Leung,
  • W. Lu,
  • R. Momose,
  • M. G. Pedersen,
  • Y. Qu,
  • N. Rea,
  • I. de Ruiter,
  • K. Shaji,
  • G. R. Sivakoff,
  • A. J. M. Thomson,
  • Y. L. Wang,
  • G. J. Yang,
  • F. Zahedy

摘要

Long-period radio transients (LPTs) are coherent bursts of polarized radio emission that repeat periodically on timescales of minutes to hours. Little is known about the physical origins of these systems. Astronomers have proposed magnetars that rotate slowly and white dwarfs that rapidly orbit with a companion star as potential explanations. While several recent examples appear to support the latter hypothesis, the mechanism generating these bright radio pulses remains poorly understood. Here we report our discovery and classification of the LPT ASKAP J174508.9-505149 as an accreting white dwarf binary. This object has an ~1.3 h spectroscopic orbital period and exhibits orbitally modulated X-ray emission and radio bursts. These elliptically polarized radio bursts drift in emission frequency, potentially due to a longer beat period, and turn off for several hours at a time. Some LPTs have been associated with non-interacting white dwarf binaries. We have spectroscopically confirmed this system as an accreting cataclysmic variable, identified through characteristic optical emission lines and an ongoing X-ray outburst. Our results strengthen the link between at least some LPTs and white dwarf binaries.