Constraining the ellipticity of new-born magnetar with the observational data of Long gamma-ray bursts

Abstract

The X-ray plateau emission observed in many Long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) has been usually interpreted as the spin-down luminosity of a rapidly spinning, highly magnetized neutron star (millisecond magnetar). If this is true, then the magnetar may emit extended gravitational wave (GW) emission associated with the X-ray plateau due to non-axisymmetric deformation or various stellar oscillations. The advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors have searched for long-duration GW transients for several years, no evidence of GWs from any magnetar has been found until now. In this work, we attempt to search for signature of GW radiation in the electromagnetic observation of 30 LGRBs under the assumption of the magnetar model. We utilize the observations of the LGRB plateau to constrain the properties of the new-born magnetar, including the initial spin period $P_0$, diploe magnetic field strength $B_p$ and the ellipticity $\epsilon$. We find that there are some tight relations between magnetar parameters, e.g., $\epsilon \propto B_p^{1.29}$ and $B_p\propto P_0^{1.14}$. In addition, we derive the GW strain for magnetar sample via their spin-down processes, and find that the GWs from these objects may not be detectable by the aLIGO and ET detectors. For a rapidly spinning magnetar ($P\sim 1\mbox{ ms}$, $ B \sim10^{15}\mbox{ G}$), the detection horizon for advanced LIGO O5 detector is $\sim 180\mbox{ Mpc}$. The detection of such GW signal associated with the X-ray plateau would be a smoking gun that the central engine of GRB is a magnetar.

arXiv comment15 pages, 7 figures,accepted for publication in ApJ

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