GLEAM-X J16279.5-523504.3 as a White Dwarf Pulsar
J. I. Katz

TL;DR
This paper suggests that GLEAM-X J162759.5-523504.3 is likely a white dwarf pulsar, based on its emission properties, period, and energetics, which are inconsistent with neutron star models.
Contribution
It proposes the white dwarf pulsar model for GLEAM-X J162759.5-523504.3, explaining its unusual period and emission characteristics.
Findings
Emission consistent with white dwarf magnetosphere
Period and energetics incompatible with neutron star pulsar
Curvature radiation parameters support white dwarf origin
Abstract
The low frequency radio source GLEAM-X J162759.5523504.3 emits pulsed coherent polarized emission like that of radio pulsars. Yet its period of 18.18 min (1091 s) is hundreds of times longer than those of confirmed radio pulsars, and if it is a neutron star its mean radiated power exceeds the upper limit on its spin-down power by more than an order of magnitude. This may be explained if it is a white dwarf pulsar, with a moment of inertia several orders of magnitude greater than those of neutron stars. The Lorentz factor of the emitting charge bunches may be bounded from below by the widths of the temporal substructure of their radiation. If the emission is curvature radiation, the radius of curvature may be estimated from the Lorentz factor and the frequencies of emission; it is consistent with a white dwarf's inner magnetosphere but not a neutron star's.
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Taxonomy
TopicsSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics · Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research · Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
