{"record":{"author":{"account_ref":null,"orcid":null},"builds_on":[],"content_schema":"pubphys.content.revision/1","content_sha256":"5f20cda50b0157e4820a59c7c1945192494b18768b2be1ec15bb7fa3c99bcd84","created":"2026-10-15T23:43:22Z","files":[],"origin":{"assisted_by":[],"kind":"seed"},"parents":["b07ca590931a424fe05911d9c290d18a479c462d93c683e180224c65df39b857","ce59fb6cd812fc05906d0c60a71c75ea22bc686bcf38e7c3ef7010834d98ee7b"],"salt":"895d8955bad65e55243556d8d3e8c6ee71382e5ac82c2b673a29a14ab5d33be8","schema":"pubphys.record/2","site":"pubphys.com","target":null,"type":"revision"},"content":{"answer_type":"classification","assisted_by":[],"external_id":"astro.pulsars-magnetars.long-period-transients","kind":"well-posed","literature_status":"partially-resolved","n":"2","parents":[],"plain":"Radio telescopes have found, mostly since 2022, sources that pulse once every few minutes to hours, far slower than any known pulsar should still emit radio waves.","posed_since":"2005","precise":"Long-period radio transients (periods from $\\sim 1\\,\\min$ to several hours, for example GCRT J1745-3009 at $77\\,\\min$, GLEAM-X J1627-52 at $18\\,\\min$ and GPM J1839-10 at $21\\,\\min$) emit coherent, highly polarized pulses below conventional pulsar death lines. Two, ILT J1101+5521 and GLEAM-X J0704-37, are white dwarf-M dwarf binaries. Determine whether all are white-dwarf systems or whether some are ultra-long-period magnetars, and identify the emission mechanism. Answer: a classification per source with a mechanism consistent with spin-down or binary energy budgets.","problem_ref":"b07ca590931a424fe05911d9c290d18a479c462d93c683e180224c65df39b857","references":"","settled_by":"Optical and X-ray identification of counterparts and measured period derivatives for the isolated sources.","status_note":"2024-2025: ILT J1101+5521 (2.1 h) and GLEAM-X J0704-37 (2.9 h) were shown to be white dwarf-M dwarf binaries, while ASKAP J1832-0911 (44 min) showed X-ray pulses at the radio period; the nature of sources without optical companions is debated.","title":"What are the long-period radio transients?","topic_ref":null},"attested":{"attestation":{"batch":null,"client_id":null,"id_token_sha256":null,"kind":"platform"},"record_hash":"3d6d9caf9fd2d0b8ef5a924e84379ccd5d4db95a77bd11ccb2713b8582ed3aae","schema":"pubphys.attested/1"},"envelope":{"attested_hash":"640575399477e07e7f6c9832119fac74d7ab71ac5883910cab5d3012c4735729","platform_signature":{"key_id":"c6afc19b31429869751f06879c75cd64ea92654423d15b44be775bf1310a60da","sig":"BM5E0dJjXztTLEUP1rEzy5xgbRUHuTLdNSt-XWKpo3BgYEwRkh6wiz_i-jtMdSRrQqjd-fwIEmmOmtxkWDNpAA"},"schema":"pubphys.envelope/1"},"record_hash":"3d6d9caf9fd2d0b8ef5a924e84379ccd5d4db95a77bd11ccb2713b8582ed3aae","leaf_index":2402}