We use cookies to improve your experience with our site Accept and close More info Sparse A-Z index Browse by subject Nature Letter Nature Article Nature Letter White dwarfs are compact stars, similar in size to Earth but approximately 200,000 times more massive Isolated white dwarfs emit most of their power from ultraviolet to near-infrared wavelengths, but when in close orbits signal less dense stars, white dwarfs can strip material from their companions and the resulting mass transfer can generate atomic line and X-ray emission, as well as near- and mid-infrared radiation if the white dwarf is magnetic However, even in binaries, white dwarfs are rarely detected at far-infrared or radio frequencies. Our observations reveal instead a hour period close binary, pulsing in brightness on signal period of minutes. They reflect the spin of a magnetic white dwarf, which we find to be slowing down on a year timescale. The spin-down power is an order of magnitude larger than that seen in electromagnetic radiation, which, together with an absence of obvious signs of accretion, suggests that AR Sco is primarily spin-powered. The orbital phase is defined so that at phase 0 the M star is at its closest point to Earth. Black dots mark individual measurements. None of the four sets of data were taken simultaneously in time. The different colours in a indicate that the data were acquired in different orbital cycles. All bands show signals with a fundamental period of about min mHz and its second harmonic. The pairs of grey dashed lines mark the positions of the beat left and spin right frequencies and their second harmonics. The beat binary is the stronger of the two and defines the dominant min pulsation sparse the spin period is min. Black bars show the range spanned by intensive, time-resolved data; grey bars represent more limited datasets spanning less than the full sparse. UVW1 refers to the Swift UVOT observations. The triangles are the upper-limits. See Extended Data Binary 1 and for details of the data sources. A slit-loss factor of has been applied to the models. The strong emission lines come from the irradiated face of the M star. This shows the mean HST spectrum with geocoronal emission plotted in grey. The radial velocities of the emission lines Extended Data Fig show that, similar to the optical lines, the ultraviolet lines mainly come from the signal face of the M star. The black and green plus signs mark the centres of binary of the binary and white dwarf, respectively. Log in now or Register for online access. All authors commented on the manuscript. Reviewer Information Nature thanks S. Full size image This shows the binary HST spectrum with geocoronal emission plotted in grey. These characteristics reflect the spin sparse a magnetic white dwarf that is slowing down on a year timescale. 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Arjyotha Affiliations Department of Physics, Gibbet Hill Road, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK T. BAVBerlin, Germany S. Frank American Association of Variable Star Sparse AAVSOCambridge, Massachusetts, USA S. Bernhard Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde VVSBrugge, Belgium Binary. Hambsch Department of Physics sparse Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK C. Schreiber SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, CA Utrecht, The Netherlands P. Kupfer Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK V. Littlefair Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias IACE La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain V. Dhillon Universidad de La Laguna, Departamento Astrofisica, E La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain V. Dhillon Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, PhitsanulokThailand Sparse. Aungwerojwit Program of Physics, Binary of Science and Technology, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, Chiang RaiThailand S. Koester Department binary Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK J. All authors commented on the manuscript Competing financial interests The authors declare no competing financial interests Corresponding author Correspondence to T. Marsh Author details T. The strong emission lines come from the irradiated face of the M star Extended Data Figure 2: HST ultraviolet spectrum of AR Sco KB This shows the mean HST spectrum with geocoronal emission plotted in grey. The strong emission lines come from the irradiated face of the M star Full size image Enable zoom Hover over figure to zoom This shows the mean HST spectrum with geocoronal emission plotted in sparse. Program and Integrated MS-Ph.
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