Abstract
We present a high-resolution analysis of the host galaxy of fast radio burst (FRB) 190608, an SB(r)c galaxy at z = 0.11778 (hereafter HG 190608), to dissect its local environment and its contributions to the FRB properties. Our Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 ultraviolet and visible light image reveals that the subarcsecond localization of FRB 190608 is coincident with a knot of star formation (ΣSFR = 1.5 × 10−2
M
⊙ yr−1 kpc−2) in the northwest spiral arm of HG 190608. Using Hβ emission present in our Keck Cosmic Web Imager integral field spectrum of the galaxy with a surface brightness of
μ
H
β
=
(
3.36
±
0.21
)
×
10
−
17
erg
s
−
1
cm
−
2
arcsec
−
2
, we infer an extinction-corrected Hα surface brightness and compute a dispersion measure (DM) from the interstellar medium of HG 190608 of DMHost,ISM = 94 ± 38 pc cm−3. The galaxy rotates with a circular velocity v
circ = 141 ± 8 km s−1 at an inclination i
gas = 37° ± 3°, giving a dynamical mass
M
halo
dyn
≈
10
11.96
±
0.08
M
⊙
. This implies a halo contribution to the DM of DMHost,Halo = 55 ± 25 pc cm−3 subject to assumptions on the density profile and fraction of baryons retained. From the galaxy rotation curve, we infer a bar-induced pattern speed of Ω
p
= 34 ± 6 km s−1 kpc−1 using linear resonance theory. We then calculate the maximum time since star formation for a progenitor using the furthest distance to the arm’s leading edge within the localization, and find
t
enc
=
21
−
6
+
25
Myr. Unlike previous high-resolution studies of FRB environments, we find no evidence of disturbed morphology, emission, or kinematics for FRB 190608.