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Multiwavelength Observations of the Apparently Non-repeating FRB 20250316A

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2025-11-19 v2

Abstract

The physical origin of fast radio bursts (FRBs) remains uncertain. Although multiwavelength observations have been widely conducted, only Galactic FRB~20200428D is associated with an X-ray burst from the magnetar SGR J1935+2154. Here, we present multiwavelength follow-up observations of the nearby bright FRB~20250316A, including the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), Einstein Probe (EP) X-ray mission, Chandra X-ray Observatory, Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST) and Space Variable Object Monitor/Visible Telescope (SVOM/VT). The 13.08-hour FAST follow-up campaign without pulse detection requires an energy distribution flatter than those of well-known repeating FRBs, suggesting that this burst is likely a one-off event. A prompt EP follow-up and multi-epoch observational campaign totaling >> 100 ks led to the detection of an X-ray source within the angular resolution of its Follow-up X-ray Telescope (FXT, 1010^{\prime\prime}). A subsequent Chandra observation revealed this source to be offset by 77^{\prime\prime} from the FRB position, and established a 0.5-10 keV flux upper limit of 7.6×10157.6\times 10^{-15} ergcm2s1\rm erg\,cm^{-2}\,s^{-1} at the FRB position, corresponding to 1039\sim 10^{39} ergs1\rm erg\,s^{-1} at the 40 Mpc distance of the host galaxy NGC~4141. These results set one of the most stringent limits on X-ray emission from a non-repeating FRB, disfavoring ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs) as counterparts of apparently one-off FRBs and offering critical insights into afterglow models. Our study suggests that an arcsecond localization of both the FRB and its potential X-ray counterpart is essential for exploring the X-ray counterpart of an FRB.

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@article{arxiv.2508.13999,
  title  = {Multiwavelength Observations of the Apparently Non-repeating FRB 20250316A},
  author = {Ye Li and Hui Sun and Lei Qian and Dong-Yue Li and Yan-Long Hua and Li-Ping Xin and Cheng-Kui Li and Yi-Han Wang and Jia-Rui Niu and Tian-Rui Sun and Zhu-Heng Yao and Jin-Jun Geng and Chi-Chuan Jin and Nanda Rea and Yuan Liu and Zhi-Chen Pan and Tao An and Vadim Burwitz and Zhi-Ming Cai and Jin-Huang Cao and Yong Chen and Hua-Qing Cheng and Wei-Wei Cui and Hua Feng and Peter Friedrich and Da-Wei Han and Jing-Wei Hu and Lei Hu and Yu-Xiang Huang and Shu-Mei Jia and Ji-An Jiang and Bin Li and Feng Li and Ming Liang and Yi-Fang Liang and Hao Liu and He-Yang Liu and Hua-Qiu Liu and Norbert Meidinger and Hai-Wu Pan and Arne Rau and Xin-Wen Shu and Chun Sun and Lian Tao and Jin-Long Tang and Zhen Wan and Hai-Ren Wang and Jian Wang and Jing Wang and Yun-Fei Xu and Yong-Quan Xue and Xuan Yang and Da-Zhi Yao and Yu-Han Yao and Wen Zhao and Xiao-Fan Zhao and Hong-Fei Zhang and Jia-Heng Zhang and Juan Zhang and Mo Zhang and Song-Bo Zhang and Wen-Da Zhang and Xiao-Ling Zhang and Yong-He Zhang and Yong-Kun Zhang and Xian-Zhong Zheng and Yu-Hao Zhu and Ying-Xi Zuo and Sheng-Li Sun and Jian-Yan Wei and Wei-Wei Zhu and Peng Jiang and Weimin Yuan and Xue-Feng Wu and Bing Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.13999},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal