Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are extragalactic radio transients that offer valuable insight of intergalactic medium (IGM). However, the dispersion measure (DM) contributed by IGM (DMIGM) is degenerated with that from the host galaxy (DMhost), necessitating calibration of the DMIGM−z relation for cosmological applications. As DMhost is expected to correlate with host galaxy properties, it is feasible to estimate DMhost from observable host characteristics. In this study, we conduct spectral energy distribution (SED) and S\'ersic model fittings to derive the parameters of FRB host galaxies. Then, we examine the correlations between the excess dispersion measure (DMexc) and host galaxy parameters, including star formation rate (SFR), stellar mass, specific star formation rate (sSFR), inclination angle, and projected area. A tight correlation between DMexc and sSFR is found. This correlation is utilized to estimate the DMhost of FRBs, providing a method to calibrate the DMIGM−z relation. This approach leads to a notable improvement in calibration performance.
@article{arxiv.2507.01270,
title = {Calibrating $\rm{DM_{IGM}}-z$ relation using host galaxies of FRBs},
author = {Rui-Nan Li and Ke Xu and Dao-Hong Gao and Qin Wu and Shuang-Xi Yi and F. Y. Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.01270},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
19 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ, main results are shown in figures 1 and 5