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Probing a new subclass of llGRB-SN transients: Insights from EP250304a and its associated supernova

L. Cotter , A. Martin-Carrillo , R. A. J. Eyles-Ferris , L. Izzo , D. B. Malesani , Y. Julakanti , G. Corcoran , A. Saccardi
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P. G. Jonker A. J. Levan F. Carotenuto P. T. O'Brien J. H. Gillanders J. N. D. van Dalen M. E. Ravasio S. Schulze N. Sarin F. E. Bauer M. Fraser J. Quirola-Vasquez A. P. C. van Hoof S. J. Smartt C. Gall A. Rest C. T. Murphey N. Tanvir T.-W. Chen S. Campana C. Ashall J. P. Anderson J. A. Chacon F. J. Cowie V. D'Elia L. Galbany C. P. Gutierrez D. H. Hartmann P. Jakobsson S. Kobayashi A. H. Kong P. Mazalli T. E. Muller-Bravo M. De Pasquale L. Rhodes A. Rossi J. Sanchez-Sierras J. Sollerman A. Andersson A. Aryan T. de Boer J. S. Bright K. C. Chambers M. Gromadzki M. E. Huber C. Inserra T. Lowe P. Minguez G. S. Narayan M. Nicholl G. S. H. Paek A. Sedgewick K. W. Smith J. W. Tweddle S. Yang
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keywords llGRB-SNeshocked cocoonEP250304aSN 2025fhmlow-luminosity GRBsrelativistic outflowengine-driven supernovaebroad-lined type Ic
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EP250304a and SN 2025fhm show evidence of belonging to a new subclass of low-luminosity GRB supernovae dominated by shocked cocoons.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper analyzes the transient EP250304a discovered by the Einstein Probe and linked to the broad-lined type Ic supernova SN 2025fhm at redshift 0.2. Despite no gamma-ray detection, multi-wavelength observations reveal signs of a relativistic outflow resembling a GRB jet. Photometric modeling shows early emission matching the thermal shocked cocoon seen in prior low-luminosity GRB-SNe such as GRB 060218, GRB 100316D, and GRB 171205A. The authors conclude that the event represents the faint end of a continuum of engine-driven explosions and may define an emerging subclass. A reader would care because it points to a larger population of such events now accessible to wide-field monitors.

Core claim

The paper presents EP250304a associated with SN 2025fhm and finds multi-wavelength evidence for a relativistic outflow consistent with a GRB-like jet. Spectral and photometric analysis, including light-curve modeling, shows early-time emission consistent with a thermal shocked cocoon. The event closely resembles known low-luminosity GRB-SNe, leading to the claim that EP250304A/SN 2025fhm belongs to an emerging subclass of shocked cocoon-dominated llGRB-SNe at the low-luminosity end of a broader continuum of engine-driven GRB-SN explosions.

What carries the argument

Multi-band light curve modeling combined with spectral analysis that identifies early thermal emission from a shocked cocoon and supports the presence of a relativistic outflow.

If this is right

  • The event expands the sample of llGRB-SNe with clear cocoon signatures available for study.
  • Wide-field X-ray monitors can now detect fainter members of this population that were previously missed.
  • Such events sit at the low-luminosity end of a continuous sequence of engine-driven GRB-SN explosions.
  • Shocked cocoon emission appears to be a common early feature in these faint engine-driven transients.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Additional detections could test whether cocoon domination marks a viewing-angle effect or a genuinely separate physical channel.
  • If the subclass holds, models of jet propagation through stellar envelopes may need to emphasize cocoon interactions at lower energies.
  • Routine follow-up of Einstein Probe triggers might reveal how common these faint relativistic outflows are among core-collapse supernovae.

Load-bearing premise

The multi-wavelength data establish a true GRB-like relativistic jet rather than another type of outflow, and the light-curve matches to prior events are strong enough to define a distinct subclass instead of ordinary variation within the known population.

What would settle it

New observations or re-modeling that place the light curves and spectra fully within the scatter of existing low-luminosity GRB-SNe without needing a separate cocoon-dominated category, or that fail to confirm any relativistic component.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.06213 by A. Andersson, A. Aryan, A. H. Kong, A. J. Levan, A. Martin-Carrillo, A. P. C. van Hoof, A. Rest, A. Rossi, A. Saccardi, A. Sedgewick, C. Ashall, C. Gall, C. Inserra, C. P. Gutierrez, C. T. Murphey, D. B. Malesani, D. H. Hartmann, F. Carotenuto, F. E. Bauer, F. J. Cowie, G. Corcoran, G. S. H. Paek, G. S. Narayan, J. A. Chacon, J. H. Gillanders, J. N. D. van Dalen, J. P. Anderson, J. Quirola-Vasquez, J. Sanchez-Sierras, J. S. Bright, J. Sollerman, J. W. Tweddle, K. C. Chambers, K. W. Smith, L. Cotter, L. Galbany, L. Izzo, L. Rhodes, M. De Pasquale, M. E. Huber, M. E. Ravasio, M. Fraser, M. Gromadzki, M. Nicholl, N. Sarin, N. Tanvir, P. G. Jonker, P. Jakobsson, P. Mazalli, P. Minguez, P. T. O'Brien, R. A. J. Eyles-Ferris, S. Campana, S. J. Smartt, S. Kobayashi, S. Schulze, S. Yang, T. de Boer, T. E. Muller-Bravo, T. Lowe, T.-W. Chen, V. D'Elia, Y. Julakanti.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Multi-band light curve of EP250304a/SN 2025fhm produced from all data obtained throughout this observational campaign. All data are corrected for Galactic extinction and are in the rest frame. Chandra observations performed six days post-trigger re￾vealed a detection with a 0.3-10 keV flux of ∼ 1.6 × 10−14 , erg,s −1 , cm−2 , assuming a photon index of 2 (Margutti et al. 2025). The X-ray emission had enter… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Spectral fitting results in the 0.5-10 keV band for the first [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: EP-WXT and EP-FXT prompt emission light curve (0.5– 4 keV) and hardness ratio evolution plot. We performed time binning with a 60-second interval. The EP-FXT spectra were grouped to a minimum of one count per bin using the grppha task and analysed in XSPEC (v 12.15.1; Arnaud (1996)) using the Cash statistic (cstat) to account for low-count Poisson data. The spectrum extracted from the first epoch of EP-FXT… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: The complete X-ray light curve of EP250304a [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Multi-band optical modelling of EP250304A/ [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_5.png] view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Multi-band modelling of the 1 keV X-ray and radio emis [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_6.png] view at source ↗
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: MUSE spectrum of the host of EP250304a/SN 2025fhm taken 346 days post-trigger. The shaded red regions indicate emission lines. All spectra from this observational campaign can be seen in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_9.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Spectroscopic observations of EP250304a/ [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_8.png] view at source ↗
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Comparisons of the optical spectra of EP250304a/ [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_10.png] view at source ↗
Figure 11
Figure 11. Figure 11: Comparison of the velocity evolution of EP250304a/SN 2025fhm with various GRB-SNe obtained from (Finneran et al. 2025). All velocities are calculated from the Fe II absorption feature. can be found in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_11.png] view at source ↗
Figure 13
Figure 13. Figure 13: Comparison of the isotropic energy of "typical" GRB [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_13.png] view at source ↗
Figure 14
Figure 14. Figure 14: Multi-band light curve comparison of SN 2025fhm with [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_14.png] view at source ↗
Figure 15
Figure 15. Figure 15: Comparison of X-ray light curves of llGRB-SNe and [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_15.png] view at source ↗
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With the advent of the Einstein Probe (EP) mission, we are entering a new era in the study of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), enabling the detection of faint, low-luminosity transients that would previously have gone undetected. EP250304a was an event discovered by EP associated with the broad-lined type Ic supernova (SN) SN 2025fhm located at z = 0.2. Despite no gamma-ray emission being detected at the time of the EP trigger, we identify evidence for a relativistic outflow consistent with a GRB-like jet across multiple wavelengths. We present a detailed spectral and photometric analysis of EP250304a/SN 2025fhm, including multi-band light curve modelling performed with the Redback Python package. We find that this event closely resembles low-luminosity GRB-SNe (llGRB-SNe) such as GRB 060218/SN 2006aj, GRB 100316D/SN 2010bh, and GRB 171205A/SN 2017iuk, all of which exhibit early-time emission consistent with a thermal shocked cocoon. These similarities suggest that EP250304A/SN 2025fhm may belong to an emerging subclass of shocked cocoon-dominated llGRB-SNe, representing the low-luminosity end of a broader continuum of engine-driven GRB-SN explosions.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript analyzes EP250304a, an Einstein Probe transient at z=0.2 associated with broad-lined Ic SN 2025fhm. Despite the absence of detected gamma-ray emission, multi-wavelength photometry and spectroscopy are modeled with the Redback package to infer a relativistic outflow consistent with a GRB-like jet. The event is shown to resemble llGRB-SNe such as GRB 060218/SN 2006aj, GRB 100316D/SN 2010bh, and GRB 171205A/SN 2017iuk in early-time thermal emission, leading to the claim that it belongs to an emerging subclass of shocked cocoon-dominated llGRB-SNe at the low-luminosity end of a continuum of engine-driven explosions.

Significance. If the Redback-derived parameters and subclass assignment are robust, the work enlarges the sample of llGRB-SNe with cocoon signatures and strengthens the case for a continuous distribution of jet-cocoon properties across luminosities, with potential implications for the detection thresholds of future wide-field X-ray monitors.

major comments (2)
  1. [§4] §4 (Redback modeling section): The relativistic outflow claim (inferred Lorentz factor, cocoon energy, jet opening angle) rests on the best-fit parameters without an explicit degeneracy analysis or direct comparison to non-relativistic SN or pure-cocoon models; this is load-bearing for the GRB-like jet interpretation given the lack of gamma-ray detection.
  2. [§5] §5 (discussion of subclass): The 'shocked cocoon-dominated llGRB-SN' subclass is defined by qualitative resemblance of light curves and spectra to the three reference events; no quantitative metric (BIC difference, evidence ratio, or clustering statistic) is supplied to show separation from the broader llGRB-SN population rather than normal scatter.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Figure 2] Figure 2: The multi-band light-curve panels would benefit from explicit indication of which data points were excluded from the Redback fit and the rationale for exclusion.
  2. [Table 1] Table 1: The reported parameter uncertainties for the Redback fit should include the full posterior ranges or covariance information rather than only the 1σ values.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their constructive and detailed comments on our manuscript. We address each major comment below, providing clarifications on our methodology and indicating revisions where appropriate to improve the robustness of the analysis.

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  1. Referee: [§4] §4 (Redback modeling section): The relativistic outflow claim (inferred Lorentz factor, cocoon energy, jet opening angle) rests on the best-fit parameters without an explicit degeneracy analysis or direct comparison to non-relativistic SN or pure-cocoon models; this is load-bearing for the GRB-like jet interpretation given the lack of gamma-ray detection.

    Authors: We agree that an explicit degeneracy analysis and direct model comparisons would strengthen the relativistic outflow interpretation, especially without a gamma-ray detection. The Redback package was selected for its ability to jointly model multi-wavelength data with relativistic jet and cocoon components, and the best-fit parameters align with those of established llGRB-SNe. To address this point, we will incorporate a degeneracy analysis and comparisons to non-relativistic and pure-cocoon models in the revised manuscript. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [§5] §5 (discussion of subclass): The 'shocked cocoon-dominated llGRB-SN' subclass is defined by qualitative resemblance of light curves and spectra to the three reference events; no quantitative metric (BIC difference, evidence ratio, or clustering statistic) is supplied to show separation from the broader llGRB-SN population rather than normal scatter.

    Authors: The proposed subclass relies on the shared distinctive features, particularly the early-time thermal emission and light-curve morphology, with the three reference events that are already established in the literature as cocoon-dominated. With the current small sample of llGRB-SNe, formal quantitative metrics such as BIC differences or clustering statistics are not yet statistically meaningful and are not standard for initial subclass identification in this field. We maintain that the qualitative approach, supported by the modeling, is appropriate for highlighting an emerging low-luminosity end of the continuum, though we can expand the discussion section for additional context. revision: no

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The paper's central claim—that EP250304a/SN 2025fhm belongs to an emerging subclass of shocked cocoon-dominated llGRB-SNe—is reached via external multi-wavelength comparisons to independently published events (GRB 060218/SN 2006aj, GRB 100316D/SN 2010bh, GRB 171205A/SN 2017iuk) and modeling performed with the external Redback package. No self-definitional steps, fitted inputs renamed as predictions, load-bearing self-citations, or ansatzes smuggled via prior author work are present. The derivation chain relies on external benchmarks and does not reduce to its own inputs by construction.

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