The discovery of an unusual repeating radio transient

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk650

Keywords:

radio astrononmy, magnetar, pulsar, transient

Abstract

We have discovered a new kind of repeating radio source using a sensitive low-frequency radio telescope in outback Western Australia. Its unusual properties indicate it could be a kind of never-before-detected object: an ultra-long-period magnetar.

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2022-08-22

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2022)

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Earth & Space

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