Discovery of a Nearby Ultra-fast Magnetic White Dwarf Propeller: Common Pathways to Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables

arXiv:2610.10689 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-10-07 · Read on arXiv

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Terminology

• Alignment — 10× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Adam — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Angular Momentum Loss — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium — 1× in this paper
• Hybrid System — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Jansky Very Large Array — 1× in this paper
• Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics — 1× in this paper
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Population Synthesis — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Provenance — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

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• A 2.9-hour periodic radio transient with an optical counterpart
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• The long period radio transient ASKAP J1448-68 is a cataclysmic variable
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• Follow-up Studies of Five Cataclysmic Variable Candidates Discovered by LAMOST
• Confirmation of a Second Propeller: A High-Inclination Twin of AE~Aquarii
• Radio and optical observations of the possible AE Aqr twin, LAMOST J024048.51+195226.9
• UMAP: Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection for Dimension Reduction
• Gaia Data Release 3: Processing and validation of BP/RP low-resolution spectral data

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