http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.04949
We suggest that the recently discovered, enigmatic pulsar with a period of 18.18 minutes, GLEAM-X J162759.5-523504.3, is most likely a hot subdwarf (proto white dwarf). A magnetic dipole model explains the observed period and period-derivative for a highly magnetized ($\sim 10^8$G), hot subdwarf of typical mass $\sim 0.5M_\odot$ and radius $\sim 0.3R_\odot$, and an age of $\sim 3\times 10^4$yr. The subdwarf spin is close to its breakup speed and its spindown luminosity is near its Eddington limit, likely as a result of accretion from a companion.
A. Loeb and D. Maoz
Fri, 11 Feb 22
62/71
Comments: 4 pages, accepted for publication in Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society
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