Constraining the Supernova Remnant Environment of FRB 190520B with Dispersion Measure and Scattering Timescale

FRB 190520B is a repeating fast radio burst source whose large dispersion measure (DM) and temporal broadening suggest a dense and evolving local environment. In this work, we test the possibility that FRB 190520B originates from the core collapse of a massive star so that its central engine is embedded in a supernova remnant (SNR) expanding into a wind environment, whose evolution is described by the self-similar solution. We use the observed DM and scattering timescale of FRB 190520B to constrain the physical parameters of its surrounding SNR and host galaxy DM. Twenty typical cases are considered, arising from four ejecta profiles and five scattering prescriptions. It is found that only six cases are retained and provide acceptable fits. All retained cases have a shallow ejecta profile and a young source age of t 0 = 79.8–169.8 yr. The ejecta mass is inferred to be large for all six cases, while the kinetic energy and mass-loss rate span a wide range. The secular DM evolution is reproduced better than the detailed scattering evolution. The up-drift behavior of the scattering residual suggests an additional component or more complicated structures inside the SNR. All retained cases are self-consistent within the adopted scattering theory and the circumburst medium becomes transparent for GHz bursts before the inferred source ages.