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astro-ph.SR2026

SN 2021pfs: A Type Ia Supernova Likely Affected by Progenitor Metallicity, as Revealed by Comparison with Its Twin Counterpart

Abdusamatjan Iskandar, Xiaofeng Wang, Ali Esamdin +16

We present extensive photometric and spectroscopic observations of the normal type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) 2021pfs, which occurred in the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 5427 at a redshift 0.0…

astro-ph.HE2026

Colour evolution in the radio afterglow of GRB 241025A

S. Giarratana, O. S. Salafia, L. Nava +10

We present the observing campaign of the afterglow of GRB241025A, a gamma-ray burst (GRB) whose prompt emission has been simultaneously detected by Swift, Einstein Probe, Fermi/GBM…

astro-ph.HE2026

EP250302a: violent shell collision in a soft-X-ray-selected GRB-like transient

Shao-Yu Fu, Cui-Yuan Dai, Ai-Ling Wang +57

The Einstein Probe opens a previously unexplored soft X-ray window onto gamma-ray bursts, filling a critical observational gap in the soft X-ray coverage of their prompt emission.…

astro-ph.HE2026

GRB 241030A: a bright afterglow challenging forward shock emission

J. -G. Ducoin, C. Pellouin, V. Aivazyan +97

Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 241030A (z = 1.411) exhibited a bright afterglow (similar to GRB 221009A), detected across gamma-ray, X-ray, UV, and optical bands, providing a probe of GRB aft…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Multi-epoch afterglow rebrightenings in GRB 250129A: Evidence for successive shock interactions

D. Akl, S. Antier, H. Koehn +105

Most long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) exhibit afterglows broadly consistent with external forward-shock emission, typically described by smooth broken power-law decays in the multiband…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

SN 2024abvb: A Type Icn Supernova in the Outskirts of its Host Galaxy

Maokai Hu, Shengyu Yan, Xiaofeng Wang +11

We present multiband photometric and spectroscopic observations of supernova (SN) 2024abvb, which exhibits early-time prominent photoionized narrow emission lines of C II superpose…

astro-ph.HE2025

EP250827b/SN 2025wkm: An X-ray Flash-Supernova Powered by a Central Engine and Circumstellar Interaction

Gokul P. Srinivasaragavan, Dongyue Li, Xander J. Hall +100

We present the discovery of EP250827b/SN 2025wkm, an X-ray Flash (XRF) discovered by the Einstein Probe (EP), accompanied by a broad-line Type Ic supernova (SN Ic-BL) at $z = 0.119…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 3 cited

Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium XII. SN 2024acyl: A fast, linearly declining Type Ibn supernova with early flash-ionisation features

Y. -Z. Cai, A. Pastorello, K. Maeda +63

We present a photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the Type Ibn supernova (SN) 2024acyl. It rises to an absolute magnitude peak of about -17.58 mag in 10.6 days, and displays a…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

SN 2024iss: A Double-peaked Type IIb Supernova with Evidence of Circumstellar Interaction

Liyang Chen, Xiaofeng Wang, Qinyu Wu +54

We present optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray observations of supernova (SN) 2024iss, a Type IIb SN that shows a prominent double-peaked light curve. We modeled the first peak with a…

astro-ph.HE2025

GRB 240825A: Early Reverse Shock and Its Physical Implications

Chao Wu, Yun Wang, Hua-Li Li +84

Early multiwavelength observations offer crucial insights into the nature of the relativistic jets responsible for gamma-ray bursts and their interaction with the surrounding mediu…

astro-ph.GA2025

An H Cloud in the HI Tail: Recent Star Formation in the Outskirts of NGC 4258 Revealed by Nanshan 1-m Telescope

Cheng Cheng, Jia-Sheng Huang, Peng Wei +12

We present first-light deep H imaging taken with the Nanshan 1-meter wide-field telescope on the local galaxy NGC 4258, alongside archival data from Hubble Space telescope (HST)…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 13 cited

Spectral Hardening Reveals Afterglow Emergence in Long-Duration Fast X-ray Transients: A Case Study of GRB 250404A/EP250404a

Yi-Han Iris Yin, Yuan Fang, Bin-Bin Zhang +56

The prompt emission and afterglow phases of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been extensively studied, yet the transition between these two phases remains inadequately characterized du…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

SN 2021hpr: A Normal Type Ia Supernova Showing Excess Emission in the Early Rising Phase

Abdusamatjan Iskandar, Xiaofeng Wang, Ali Esamdin +37

We present extensive optical observations of a nearby Type Ia supernova (SN Ia), SN 2021hpr, located in the spiral galaxy NGC 3147 at a distance of 45 Mpc. Our observations…

astro-ph.SR2024

Early-Time Observations of SN 2023wrk: A Luminous Type Ia Supernova with Significant Unburned Carbon in the Outer Ejecta

Jialian Liu, Xiaofeng Wang, Cristina Andrade +44

We present extensive photometric and spectroscopic observations of the nearby Type Ia supernova (SN) 2023wrk at a distance of about 40 Mpc. The earliest detection of this SN can be…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 2 cited

The first low-mass eclipsing binary within the fully convective zone from TMTS

Cheng Liu, Xiaofeng Wang, Xiaobing Zhang +17

We present a comprehensive photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the short-period (5.32 hours) and low-mass eclipsing binary TMTSJ0803 discovered by Tsinghua-Ma Huateng T…

astro-ph.SR2024

Variable white dwarfs in TMTS: Asteroseismological analysis of a ZZ Ceti star, TMTS J17184064+2524314

Jincheng Guo, Yanhui Chen, Yonghui Yang +24

The Tsinghua University-Ma Huateng Telescope for Survey (TMTS) has been constantly monitoring the northern sky since 2020 in search of rapidly variable stars. To find variable whit…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 73 cited

A Shock Flash Breaking Out of a Dusty Red Supergiant

Gaici Li, Maokai Hu, Wenxiong Li +41

Shock breakout emission is light that arises when a shockwave, generated by core-collapse explosion of a massive star, passes through its outer envelope. Hitherto, the earliest det…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 1 cited

Ready for O4 II: GRANDMA Observations of Swift GRBs during eight-weeks of Spring 2022

I. Tosta e Melo, J. -G. Ducoin, Z. Vidadi +106

We present a campaign designed to train the GRANDMA network and its infrastructure to follow up on transient alerts and detect their early afterglows. In preparation for O4 II camp…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 1 cited

Multi-band analyses of the bright GRB 230812B and the associated SN2023pel

T. Hussenot-Desenonges, T. Wouters, N. Guessoum +109

GRB~230812B is a bright and relatively nearby () long gamma-ray burst (GRB) that has generated significant interest in the community and has thus been observed over the en…

astro-ph.HE2023

Implications for the Explosion Mechanism of Type Ia Supernovae from their Late-time Spectra

Jialian Liu, Xiaofeng Wang, Alexei V. Filippenko +10

Late-time spectra of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are important in clarifying the physics of their explosions, as they provide key clues to the inner structure of the exploding whit…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 8 cited

Properties and Asteroseismological analysis of a new ZZ ceti discovered by TMTS

Jincheng Guo, Yanhui Chen, Xiaofeng Wang +24

Tsinghua university-Ma Huateng Telescope for Survey (TMTS) aims to discover rapidly evolving transients by monitoring the northern sky. The TMTS catalog is cross-matched with the w…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 1 cited

GRANDMA and HXMT Observations of GRB 221009A -- the Standard-Luminosity Afterglow of a Hyper-Luminous Gamma-Ray Burst

D. A. Kann, S. Agayeva, V. Aivazyan +113

GRB 221009A is the brightest Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) detected in more than 50 years of study. In this paper, we present observations in the X-ray and optical domains after the GRB ob…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 18 cited

An 18.9-minute Blue Large-Amplitude Pulsator Crossing the 'Hertzsprung Gap' of Hot Subdwarfs

Jie Lin, Chengyuan Wu, Xiaofeng Wang +28

Blue large-amplitude pulsators (BLAPs) represent a new and rare class of hot pulsating stars with unusually large amplitudes and short periods. Up to now, only 24 confirmed BLAPs h…

astro-ph.IM2022

The GRANDMA network in preparation for the fourth gravitational-wave observing run

S. Agayeva, V. Aivazyan, S. Alishov +98

GRANDMA is a world-wide collaboration with the primary scientific goal of studying gravitational-wave sources, discovering their electromagnetic counterparts and characterizing the…