Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-02-28
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 348 (2004) 285
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
13 pages, 5 figures, submitted to MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07363.x
By analogy to Jovian radio emissions powered by the electromagnetic interaction between Jupiter and its moons, we propose that close magnetic-nonmagnetic white-dwarf pairs and white-dwarf planetary systems are strong radio sources. A simple model is developed to predict the flux densities of radio emission generated by a loss-cone-driven electron-cyclotron maser. The radio emission from these systems has high brightness temperatures, is highly polarized, and varies on a periodic cycle following the orbital rotation. Masers from magnetic-nonmagnetic white-dwarf pairs, with orbital periods <10 min, are expected to be detectable over a wide range of radio frequencies. Terrestrial planets in close orbits about magnetic white dwarfs, with orbital periods $\la 30$ hr, can also produce detectable radio emission, thus providing a means to identify Earth-sized extrasolar planets.
Willes Andrew J.
Wu Kinwah
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