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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.HE2025★ 1 cited

Normal or transitional? The evolution and properties of two type Ia supernovae in the Virgo cluster

L. Izzo, C. Gall, N. Khetan +47

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are among the most precise cosmological distance indicators used to study the expansion history of the Universe. The vast increase of SN Ia data due to…

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SN 2021ukt: A Transitional Supernova with a Short Plateau and Persistent Interaction

Neil R. Pichay, Sergiy S. Vasylyev, Audrey M. Liddle +21

We present spectroscopic and photometric observations of supernova (SN) 2021ukt, a peculiar short-plateau object that was originally identified as a Type IIn SN and later underwent…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

SN 2016iog: A fast declining Type II-L supernova with an ultra-faint tail, persistently interacting with circumstellar material

Z. -H. Peng, S. Benetti, Y. -Z. Cai +26

We present optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of the rapidly declining Type IIL supernova (SN) 2016iog. SN 2016iog reached its peak 14 days after explosion,…

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…

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SN 2021tsz: A luminous, short photospheric phase Type II supernova in a low-metallicity host

R. Dastidar, G. Pignata, N. Dukiya +14

We present the analysis of the luminous Type II Supernova (SN) 2021tsz, which exploded in a low-luminosity galaxy. It reached a peak magnitude of -18.88 0.13 mag in the b…

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The First 4 Years of SN 1993J Revisited: Geometric -ring Modeling of the Radio Shell with Closure Quantities Only

Joseph R. Farah, Logan J. Prust, Giacomo Terreran +5

SN 1993J is the best-studied radio supernova, with observations using very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) spanning from within weeks of explosion through nearly three decades…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 6 cited

SN 2022xlp: The second-known well-observed, intermediate-luminosity Iax supernova

D. Bánhidi, B. Barna, T. Szalai +17

We present a detailed analysis of type Iax supernova SN 2022xlp. With a V-band absolute magnitude light curve peaking at mag, this object is regarded…

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Late-time Hubble Space Telescope Ultraviolet Spectra of SN 2023ixf and SN 2024ggi Show Ongoing Interaction with Circumstellar Material

K. Azalee Bostroem, Stefano Valenti, David J. Sand +31

We present far- and near-ultraviolet (UV) spectra of the Type II supernovae (SNe) SN~2023ixf from days 199 to 722 and SN~2024ggi at days 41 and 232. Both supernovae show broad, blu…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 7 cited

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Detection of Carbon Monoxide in the Type II Supernova SN 2023ixf

Seong Hyun Park, Jeonghee Rho, Sung-Chul Yoon +33

Core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) may contribute a significant amount of dust in the early universe. Freshly formed coolant molecules (e.g., CO) and warm dust can be found in CCSNe…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 8 cited

Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium. XI. Diverse evolution of five Ibn SNe 2020nxt, 2020taz, 2021bbv, 2023utc and 2024aej

Z. -Y. Wang, A. Pastorello, Y. -Z. Cai +53

We present the photometric and spectroscopic analysis of five Type Ibn supernovae (SNe): SN 2020nxt, SN 2020taz, SN 2021bbv, SN 2023utc, and SN 2024aej. These events share key obse…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

The Multi-Wavelength Context of Delayed Radio Emission in TDEs: Evidence for Accretion-Driven Outflows

Kate D. Alexander, Raffaella Margutti, Sebastian Gomez +20

Recent observations presented in Cendes et al. (2024a) show that optically selected tidal disruption events (TDEs) commonly produce delayed radio emission that can peak years post-…

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The Double Tidal Disruption Event AT 2022dbl Implies That at Least Some "Standard" Optical TDEs are Partial Disruptions

Lydia Makrygianni, Iair Arcavi, Megan Newsome +37

Flares produced following the tidal disruption of stars by supermassive black holes can reveal the properties of the otherwise dormant majority of black holes and the physics of ac…

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Final Moments III: Explosion Properties and Progenitor Constraints of CSM-Interacting Type II Supernovae

W. V. Jacobson-Galán, L. Dessart, K. W. Davis +52

We present analysis of the plateau and late-time phase properties of a sample of 39 Type II supernovae (SNe II) that show narrow, transient, high-ionization emission lines (i.e., "…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 15 cited

EP241021a: a months-duration X-ray transient with luminous optical and radio emission

Shu Xinwen, Yang Lei, Yang Haonan +82

We present the discovery of a peculiar X-ray transient, EP241021a, by the Einstein Probe (EP) mission, and the results from multiwavelength follow-up observations. The transient wa…

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AT 2019aalc: a Bowen Fluorescence Flare With a Precursor Flare in an Active Galactic Nucleus

Marzena Śniegowska, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Lydia Makrygianni +10

AT 2019aalc is a peculiar sequence of highly variable emission events observed towards the nucleus of the broad-line AGN SDSS J152416.66+045119.0. The system exhibited two distinct…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

An extremely soft and weak fast X-ray transient associated with a luminous supernova

W. -X. Li, Z. -P. Zhu, X. -Z. Zou +101

Long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs), including their subclasses of low-luminosity GRBs (LL-GRBs) and X-ray flashes (XRFs) characterized by low spectral peak energies, are known to be ass…

astro-ph.HE2025

Supernovae at Distances < 40 Mpc: II. Supernova Rate in the Local Universe

Xiaoran Ma, Xiaofeng Wang, Jun Mo +21

Context.This is the second paper of a series aiming to determine the birth rates of supernovae in the local Universe. Aims. In this paper, we aim to estimate the SN rates in the lo…

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Supernovae at Distances < 40 Mpc: I.Catalogues and fractions of Supernovae in a Complete Sample

Xiaoran Ma, Xiaofeng Wang, Jun Mo +20

Context.This is the first paper of a series aiming to determine the fractions and birth rates of various types of supernovae (SNe) in the local Universe. Aims. In this paper, we ai…

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EP240801a/XRF 240801B: An X-ray Flash Detected by the Einstein Probe and Implications of its Multiband Afterglow

Shuai-Qing Jiang, Dong Xu, Agnes P. C. van Hoof +89

We present multiband observations and analysis of EP240801a, a low-energy, extremely soft gamma-ray burst (GRB) discovered on August 1, 2024 by the Einstein Probe (EP) satellite, w…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 6 cited

A long-lasting eruption heralds SN 2023ldh, a clone of SN 2009ip

A. Pastorello, A. Reguitti, L. Tartaglia +46

We discuss the results of the spectroscopic and photometric monitoring of the type IIn supernova (SN) 2023ldh. Survey archive data show that the SN progenitor experienced some erra…

astro-ph.HE2025

Evidence for an Instability-Induced Binary Merger in the Double-Peaked, Helium-Rich Type IIn Supernova 2023zkd

A. Gagliano, V. A. Villar, T. Matsumoto +42

We present ultraviolet to infrared observations of the extraordinary Type IIn supernova 2023zkd (SN 2023zkd). Photometrically, it exhibits persistent and luminous precursor emissio…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 8 cited

The radio re-brightening of the Type IIb SN 2001ig

Roberto Soria, Thomas D. Russell, Eli Wiston +5

We study the late-time evolution of the compact Type IIb SN 2001ig in the spiral galaxy NGC 7424, with new and unpublished archival data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 9 cited

Shock-cooling Constraints via Early-time Observations of the Type IIb SN 2022hnt

Joseph R. Farah, D. Andrew Howell, Giacomo Terreran +8

We report the results of a rapid follow-up campaign on the Type IIb Supernova (SN) 2022hnt. We present a daily, multi-band, photometric follow-up using the Las Cumbres Observatory,…