Deep Synoptic Array science: A massive elliptical host among two galaxy-cluster fast radio bursts

Abstract

The stellar population environments associated with fast radio burst (FRB) sources provide important insights for developing their progenitor theories. We expand the diversity of known FRB host environments by reporting two FRBs in massive galaxy clusters discovered by the Deep Synoptic Array (DSA-110) during its commissioning observations. FRB 20220914A has been localized to a star-forming, late-type galaxy at a redshift of 0.1139 with multiple starbursts at lookback times less than $\sim$3.5 Gyr in the Abell 2310 galaxy cluster. Although the host galaxy of FRB 20220914A is similar to typical FRB hosts, the FRB 20220509G host stands out as a quiescent, early-type galaxy at a redshift of 0.0894 in the Abell 2311 galaxy cluster. The discovery of FRBs in both late and early-type galaxies adds to the body of evidence that the FRB sources have multiple formation channels. Therefore, even though FRB hosts are typically star-forming, there must exist formation channels consistent with old stellar population in galaxies. The varied star formation histories of the two FRB hosts we report indicate a wide delay-time distribution of FRB progenitors. Future work in constraining the FRB delay-time distribution, using methods we develop herein, will prove crucial in determining the evolutionary histories of FRB sources.

18 pages, 9 figures

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