Spectropolarimetric properties of Swift J1818.0$-$1607: a 1.4 s radio magnetar

Abstract

The soft-gamma repeater Swift J1818.0$-$1607 is only the fifth magnetar found to exhibit pulsed radio emission. Using the Ultra-Wideband Low receiver system of the Parkes radio telescope, we conducted a 3 h observation of Swift J1818.0$-$1607. Folding the data at a rotation period of $P=1.363$ s, we obtained wideband polarization profiles and flux density measurements covering radio frequencies between 704-4032 MHz. After measuring, and then correcting for the pulsar's rotation measure of $1442.0\pm 0.2$ rad m${}^{-2}$, we find the radio profile is between 80-100 per cent linearly polarized across the wide observing band, with a small amount of depolarization at low frequencies that we ascribe to scatter broadening. We also measure a steep spectral index of $\alpha =-2.26_{-0.03}^{+0.02}$ across our large frequency range, a significant deviation from the flat or inverted spectra often associated with radio-loud magnetars. The steep spectrum and temporal rise in flux density bears some resemblance to the behaviour of the magnetar-like, rotation-powered pulsar PSR J1119$-$6127. This leads us to speculate that Swift J1818.0$-$1607 may represent an additional link between rotation-powered pulsars and magnetars.

10 pages, 5 figures and 1 table. Revised version accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters

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