Constraints on millisecond magnetars as the engines of prompt emission in gamma-ray bursts

Abstract

We examine millisecond magnetars as central engines of Gamma Ray Bursts' (GRB) prompt emission. Using the proto-magnetar wind model of Metzger et al. 2011, we estimate the temporal evolution of the magnetization and power injection at the base of the GRB jet and apply these to different prompt emission models to make predictions for the GRB energetics, spectra and lightcurves. We investigate both shock and magnetic reconnection models for the particle acceleration, as well as the effects of energy dissipation across optically thick and thin regions of the jet. The magnetization at the base of the jet, ${\sigma }_0$, is the main parameter driving the GRB evolution in the magnetar model and the emission is typically released for $100\lesssim {\sigma }_0\lesssim 3000$. Given the rapid increase in ${\sigma }_0$ as the proto-magnetar cools and its neutrino-driven mass loss subsides, the GRB duration is typically limited to $\lesssim 100$ s. This low baryon loading at late times challenges magnetar models for ultra-long GRBs, though black hole models likely run into similar difficulties without substantial entrainment from the jet walls. The maximum radiated gamma-ray energy is $\lesssim 5\times 10^{51}$erg, significantly less than the magnetar's total initial rotational energy and in strong tension with the high end of the observed GRB energy distribution. However, the gradual magnetic dissipation model (Beniamini & Giannios 2017) applied to a magnetar central engine, naturally explains several key observables of typical GRBs, including energetics, durations, stable peak energies, spectral slopes and a hard to soft evolution during the burst.

arXiv comment19 pages, 13 figures, published in MNRAS

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