On the Physical Origins of Long Period Radio Transients

arXiv:2608.08243 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-08-08 · Read on arXiv

Yuanhong Qu, Bing Zhang

astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-08-08

Updated: 2026-08-11

Comments: 32 pages, 12 figures, 2 tables

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

Terminology

• Ambipolar Diffusion — 8× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Physical Constraints — 3× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Einstein Probe — 1× in this paper

Sources

• ASKAP J144834-685644: a newly discovered long period radio transient detected from radio to X-rays
• A Sibling of AR Scorpii: SDSS J230641.47$+$244055.8 and the Observational Blueprint of White Dwarf Pulsars
• A 2.9-hour periodic radio transient with an optical counterpart
• A 44-minute periodic radio transient in a supernova remnant
• A new long period radio transient: Discovery of pulses repeating every 1.16 hours from ASKAP J175534.9-252749.1
• A highly magnetized long-period radio transient exhibiting unusual emission features
• Detection of Cyclotron Absorption in the Radio Emission of GPM 1839-10
• Spectroscopic Detection of a 2.9-hour Orbit in a Long Period Radio Transient
• Periodic Radio and X-ray Emission from an Accreting White Dwarf Binary
• Einstein Probe discovery of the short period intermediate polar EP J115415.8-501810
• Two-photon annihilation in the pair formation cascades in pulsar polar caps

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