Detection of Prompt Fast-Variable Thermal Component in Multi-Pulse Short Gamma-Ray Burst 170206A

Abstract

We report the detection of a strong thermal component in the short Gamma-Ray Burst 170206A with three intense pulses in its light curves, throughout which the fluxes of this thermal component exhibit fast temporal variability same as that of the accompanying non-thermal component. The values of the time-resolved low-energy photon index in the non-thermal component are between about -0.79 and -0.16, most of which are harder than -2/3 excepted in the synchrotron emission process. In addition, we found a common evolution between the thermal component and the non-thermal component, $E_{\mathrm{p},\mathrm{CPL}}\propto k{T}_{\mathrm{BB}}^{0.95\pm 0.28}$, and $F_{\mathrm{CPL}}\propto F_{\mathrm{BB}}^{0.67\pm 0.18}$, where $E_{\mathrm{p},\mathrm{CPL}}$ and $F_{\mathrm{CPL}}$ are the peak photon energy and corresponding flux of the non-thermal component, and $k{T}_{\mathrm{BB}}$ and $F_{BB}$ are the temperature and corresponding flux of the thermal component, respectively. Finally, we proposed that the photospheric thermal emission and the Comptonization of thermal photons may be responsible for the observational features of GRB 170206A.

arXiv comment14 pages, 6 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ

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