We model the interaction between the wind from a newly formed rapidly
rotating magnetar and the surrounding supernova shock and host star. The
dynamics is modeled using the two-dimensional, axisymmetric thin-shell
equations. In the first ~10-100 seconds after core collapse the magnetar
inflates a bubble of plasma and magnetic fields behind the supernova shock. The
bubble expands asymmetrically because of the pinching effect of the toroidal
magnetic field, just as in the analogous problem of the evolution of pulsar
wind nebulae. The degree of asymmetry depends on E_mag/E_tot. The correct value
of E_mag/E_tot is uncertain because of uncertainties in the conversion of
magnetic energy into kinetic energy at large radii in relativistic winds; we
argue, however, that bubbles inflated by newly formed magnetars are likely to
be significantly more magnetized than their pulsar counterparts. We show that
for a ratio of magnetic to total power supplied by the central magnetar
L_mag/L_tot ~ 0.1 the bubble expands relatively spherically. For L_mag/L_tot ~
0.3, however, most of the pressure in the bubble is exerted close to the
rotation axis, driving a collimated outflow out through the host star. This can
account for the collimation inferred from observations of long-duration
gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Outflows from magnetars become increasingly
magnetically dominated at late times, due to the decrease in neutrino-driven
mass loss as the young neutron star cools. We thus suggest that the
magnetar-driven bubble initially expands relatively spherically, enhancing the
energy of the associated supernova, while at late times it becomes
progressively more collimated, producing the GRB.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA