Discovery of a 62-min long-period transient with near-orthogonal rotator geometry

arXiv:2609.34102 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-09-28 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-28

Updated: 2026-09-29

Comments: 23 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal

Code: https://github.com/AlecThomson/FixMS

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Calibration — 7× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• South African Radio Astronomy Observatory — 3× in this paper
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode

Sources

• 3D-$N_{\rm H}$-tool
• The properties and origin of magnetic fields in white dwarfs
• Rotating Radio Transients
• Discovery of a 36-minute long-period transient ASKAP J142431.2-612611
• White dwarf + M dwarf Detached Binaries in Long Period Radio Transients: Observed Binary Parameters, Evolution, and Population Constraints
• Periodic Radio and X-ray Emission from an Accreting White Dwarf Binary
• The Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey VII: Spectra and Polarisation In Cutouts of Extragalactic Sources (SPICE-RACS) Second Data Release -- Unveiling the Magnetised Sky
• FAST Pulsar Database IV. Spike subpulses and quasi-periodic subpulses of 25 pulsars observed by FAST
• VASTER: The ASKAP real-time fast-imaging pipeline -- overview and discovery of two long period transients

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