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EP 250108a/SN 2025kg: Observations of the Most Nearby Broad-line Type Ic Supernova Following an Einstein Probe Fast X-Ray Transient
Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Nordita SU.
Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan, People’s Republic of China, Henan.
Number of Authors: 702025 (English)In: Astrophysical Journal Letters, ISSN 2041-8205, E-ISSN 2041-8213, Vol. 988, no 1, article id L13Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

With a small sample of fast X-ray transients (FXTs) with multiwavelength counterparts discovered to date, their progenitors and connections to γ-ray bursts (GRBs) and supernovae (SNe) remain ambiguous. Here, we present photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2025kg, the SN counterpart to the FXT EP 250108a. At z = 0.17641, this is the closest known SN discovered following an Einstein Probe (EP) FXT. We show that SN 2025kg’s optical spectra reveal the hallmark features of a broad-lined Type Ic SN. Its light-curve evolution and expansion velocities are comparable to those of GRB-SNe, including SN 1998bw, and two past FXT-SNe. We present JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy taken around SN 2025kg’s maximum light, and find weak absorption due to He I 1.0830 μm and 2.0581 μm and a broad, unidentified emission feature at ∼4-4.5 μm. Further, we observe broadened Hα in optical data at 42.5 days that is not detected at other epochs, indicating interaction with H-rich material. From its light curve, we derive a <sup>56</sup>Ni mass of 0.2-0.6 M<inf>⊙</inf>. Together with our companion Letter, our broadband data are consistent with a trapped or low-energy (≲10<sup>51</sup> erg) jet-driven explosion from a collapsar with a zero-age main-sequence mass of 15-30 M<inf>⊙</inf>. Finally, we show that the sample of EP FXT-SNe supports past estimates that low-luminosity jets seen through FXTs are more common than successful (GRB) jets, and that similar FXT-like signatures are likely present in at least a few percent of the brightest Type Ic-BL SNe.

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American Astronomical Society , 2025. Vol. 988, no 1, article id L13
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Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-369067DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ade7f9ISI: 001588168200001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105011323061OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-369067DiVA, id: diva2:1998425
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Available from: 2025-09-16 Created: 2025-09-16 Last updated: 2025-12-05Bibliographically approved

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