Magnetar-powered long gamma-ray bursts and connection to superluminous supernovae and fast radio bursts

Yu-Qi Zhou, Shuang-Xi Yi, Yu-Peng Yang +4

Based on X-ray afterglow observations from the Swift satellite, we construct a sample of 169 long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) exhibiting the canonical magnetar plateau signature, i.e.…