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Magnetar-powered Long Gamma-Ray Bursts and Connection to Superluminous Supernovae and Fast Radio Bursts

  • Authors: Yu-Qi Zhou, Shuang-Xi Yi, Yu-Peng Yang, Yan-Kun Qu, Ning Gai, Yanke Tang, Fa-Yin Wang

Yu-Qi Zhou et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1004 .

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Caption: Figure 5.

Comparison of the magnetar parameters among GRBs (assuming ηx = 0.5), SLSNe, and FRBs. The populations of GRBs and SLSNe can be roughly separated by the line Bp = 1014.5 G. The blue rectangles mark the inferred magnetar parameter regions for three FRBs (FRB 20121102A (middle), FRB 20190520B (right), and FRB 20240114A (left)). The polar magnetic field Bp shown here is approximated by roughly taking one-tenth of the internal magnetic field Bint obtained from modeling the spectra and light curves of the persistent radio sources (i.e., Bp ∼ Bint/10; Zhao et al. 2026, in preparation). The initial spin period, which lacks direct observational constraints, is assumed to be uniformly distributed between 1 and 10 ms. The magnetic field strengths of these FRB sources are notably similar to those of the GRB sample, suggesting that both populations may be powered by a similar type of strongly magnetized magnetar engine.

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