Probing the Dispersion and Rotation Measure Contributions from Supernova Remnants in Fast Radio Burst Source Environments with 1D SNR Simulation
Abstract
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) provide a sensitive probe of ionized baryons through their dispersion measure (DM). In addition to slowly evolving cosmological terms, at least two repeaters now show clear secular DM-decrease episodes: FRB~20190520B and FRB~20121102 , supporting a dense, dynamically evolving local environment. We adopt a forward-modeling approach and use time-dependent 1D SNR simulations for a young magnetar embedded in SN ejecta, combining single-star and binary-stripped progenitors with HD+NEI calculations to follow shock structure, ionization, and electron density. The shocked region contributes only limited DM (10\, pc\,cm-3), while the dominant time-varying component is the unshocked ejecta, whose early behavior follows DM t-α with α1.8--1.9. Although shocked-region DM is small, shock-amplified magnetic fields can still generate substantial RM; in our shock-only RM framework, only the 11\,M SS model reproduces the FRB~20121102 RM evolution. Binary-stripped progenitors generally yield smaller DM than single-star models at fixed M ZAMS, with composition-dependent mean molecular weights introducing non-monotonic mass trends. Matching the observed dDM/ dt of FRB~20190520B (and the late-stage slope of FRB~20121102), we infer local SNR DM contributions of tens to hundreds pc\,cm-3. We also find GHz escape is allowed in most models, with τ ff=1 typically reached by t esc70 yr; for weakly ionized ejecta, the source can be nearly transparent from very early times. These results support a young CCSN/SNR origin for a substantial fraction of DM source and highlight that physically consistent local-environment modeling is essential for robust FRB cosmological DM inferences.
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