IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/nature/v537y2016i7620d10.1038_nature18620.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A radio-pulsing white dwarf binary star

Author

Listed:
  • T. R. Marsh

    (Gibbet Hill Road, University of Warwick)

  • B. T. Gänsicke

    (Gibbet Hill Road, University of Warwick)

  • S. Hümmerich

    (Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Veränderliche Sterne e.V. (BAV)
    American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO))

  • F.-J. Hambsch

    (Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Veränderliche Sterne e.V. (BAV)
    American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
    Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde (VVS))

  • K. Bernhard

    (Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Veränderliche Sterne e.V. (BAV)
    American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO))

  • C. Lloyd

    (University of Sussex)

  • E. Breedt

    (Gibbet Hill Road, University of Warwick)

  • E. R. Stanway

    (Gibbet Hill Road, University of Warwick)

  • D. T. Steeghs

    (Gibbet Hill Road, University of Warwick)

  • S. G. Parsons

    (Instituto de Física y Astronomía, Universidad de Valparaíso, Avenida Gran Bretana 1111)

  • O. Toloza

    (Gibbet Hill Road, University of Warwick)

  • M. R. Schreiber

    (Instituto de Física y Astronomía, Universidad de Valparaíso, Avenida Gran Bretana 1111)

  • P. G. Jonker

    (SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2
    Radboud University Nijmegen, PO Box 9010)

  • J. van Roestel

    (Radboud University Nijmegen, PO Box 9010)

  • T. Kupfer

    (Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology)

  • A. F. Pala

    (Gibbet Hill Road, University of Warwick)

  • V. S. Dhillon

    (University of Sheffield
    Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC)
    Universidad de La Laguna)

  • L. K. Hardy

    (University of Sheffield)

  • S. P. Littlefair

    (University of Sheffield)

  • A. Aungwerojwit

    (Faculty of Science, Naresuan University)

  • S. Arjyotha

    (Program of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University)

  • D. Koester

    (Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, University of Kiel)

  • J. J. Bochinski

    (The Open University)

  • C. A. Haswell

    (The Open University)

  • P. Frank

    (Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Veränderliche Sterne e.V. (BAV))

  • P. J. Wheatley

    (Gibbet Hill Road, University of Warwick)

Abstract

Observations of a white dwarf/cool star binary that emits from X-ray to radio wavelengths, AR Sco, reveal a close binary with a 3.56-h period, pulsing in brightness with a period of 1.97 min; these pulses are so intense that the optical flux of AR Sco can increase by a factor of four within 30 s, and the pulsing is detectable at radio frequencies.

Suggested Citation

  • T. R. Marsh & B. T. Gänsicke & S. Hümmerich & F.-J. Hambsch & K. Bernhard & C. Lloyd & E. Breedt & E. R. Stanway & D. T. Steeghs & S. G. Parsons & O. Toloza & M. R. Schreiber & P. G. Jonker & J. van R, 2016. "A radio-pulsing white dwarf binary star," Nature, Nature, vol. 537(7620), pages 374-377, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:537:y:2016:i:7620:d:10.1038_nature18620
    DOI: 10.1038/nature18620
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature18620
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/nature18620?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:537:y:2016:i:7620:d:10.1038_nature18620. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.