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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 454, Issue 3, Pages 3311-3316Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2224
Keywords
gamma-ray burst: general; stars: magnetars; pulsars: general; supernovae: general
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- NSF [AST-1410950, AST-1205732]
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Simons Foundation
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Physics Early Career Award
- Office of Energy Research, Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Divisions of Nuclear Physics of the US Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences [1206097] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1410950] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Strongly magnetized, rapidly rotating neutron stars are contenders for the central engines of both long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) and hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I). Models for typical (minute long) LGRBs invoke magnetars with high dipole magnetic fields (B-d greater than or similar to 10(15) G) and short spin-down times, SLSNe-I require neutron stars with weaker fields and longer spin-down times of weeks. Here, we identify a transition region in the space of Bd and birth period for which a magnetar can power both a LGRB and a luminous supernova. In particular, a 2 ms period magnetar with a spin-down time of similar to 10(4) s can explain both the ultralong GRB 111209 and its associated luminous SN2011kl. For magnetars with longer spin-down times, we predict even longer duration (similar to 10(5) (6)s) GRBs and brighter supernovae, a correlation that extends to Swift J2058+05 (commonly interpreted as a tidal disruption event). We further show that previous estimates of the maximum rotational energy of a protomagnetar were too conservative and energies up to E-max similar to 1-2 x 10(53) ergs are possible. A magnetar can therefore comfortably accommodate the extreme energy requirements recently posed by the most luminous supernova ASASSN-15lh. The luminous pulsar wind nebula powering ASASSN-15lh may lead to an 'ionization breakout' X-ray burst over the coming months, accompanied by a change in the optical spectrum.
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