EP 250108a/SN 2025kg: Observations of the Most Nearby Broad-line Type Ic Supernova Following an Einstein Probe Fast X-Ray Transient

Rastinejad, Jillian C.; Levan, Andrew J.; Jonker, Peter G.; Kilpatrick, Charles D.; Fryer, Christopher L.; Sarin, Nikhil; Gompertz, Benjamin P.; Liu, Chang; Eyles-Ferris, Rob A. J.; Fong, Wen-fai; Burns, Eric; Gillanders, James H.; Mandel, Ilya; Malesani, Daniele Bjørn; O'Brien, Paul T.; Tanvir, Nial R.; Ackley, Kendall; Aryan, Amar; Bauer, Franz E.; Bloemen, Steven; de Boer, Thomas; Bom, Clécio R.; Chacón, Jennifer A.; Chambers, Ken; Chen, Ting-Wan; Chrimes, Ashley A.; van Dalen, Joyce N. D.; D'Elia, Valerio; De Pasquale, Massimiliano; Fulton, Michael D.; Groot, Paul J.; Gupta, Rahul; Hartmann, Dieter H.; van Hoof, Agnes P. C.; Huber, Mark E.; Izzo, Luca; Jacobson-Galan, Wynn; Jakobsson, Páll; Kong, Albert; Laskar, Tanmoy; Lowe, Thomas B.; Magnier, Eugene A.; Maiorano, Elisabetta; Martin-Carrillo, Antonio; Mas-Ribas, Lluis; Mata Sánchez, Daniel; Nicholl, Matt; Nixon, Christopher J.; Oates, Samantha R.; Paek, Gregory; Palmerio, Jesse; Paris, Diego; Pieterse, Daniëlle L. A.; Pugliese, Giovanna; Quirola Vasquez, Jonathan A.; van Roestel, Jan; Rossi, Andrea; Rouco Escorial, Alicia; Salvaterra, Ruben; Schneider, Benjamin; Smartt, Stephen J.; Smith, Ken; Smith, Ian A.; Srivastav, Shubham; Torres, Manuel A. P.; Ventura, Chiara; Vreeswijk, Paul; Wainscoat, Richard; Yang, Yi-Jung; Yang, Sheng
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The Astrophysical Journal

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2025
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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 56Ni mass of 0.2–0.6 M⊙. Together with our companion Letter, our broadband data are consistent with a trapped or low-energy (≲1051 erg) jet-driven explosion from a collapsar with a zero-age main-sequence mass of 15–30 M⊙. 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.