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How Synchronized Star Pairs Power Cosmic Radio Lasers
Key Takeaways
- Caltech researchers used supercomputer simulations to explain long-period radio pulses from white dwarf–M dwarf binary systems.
- The simulations show that electron cyclotron maser instability (ECMI) powers the radio masers.
- The white dwarf's stronger magnetic field drives the interaction, creating electric currents and coherent radio emission.
- The work was published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters and parallels the Jupiter–Io radio emission mechanism.
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