RXTE Observations of LMC X-1 and LMC X-3

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dc.creatorWilms, J.
dc.creatorNowak, M. A.
dc.creatorDove, J. B.
dc.creatorPottschmidt, K.
dc.creatorHeindl, W. A.
dc.creatorBegelman, M. C.
dc.creatorStaubert, R.
dc.date1998-10-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:28:14Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:28:14Z
dc.descriptionOf all known persistent stellar-mass black hole candidates, only LMC X-1 and LMC X-3 consistently show spectra that are dominated by a soft, thermal component. We present results from long (170ksec) Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) observations of LMC X-1 and LMC X-3 made in 1996 December. The spectra can be described by a multicolor disk blackbody plus an additional high-energy power-law. Even though the spectra are very soft (Gamma is about 2.5), RXTE detected a significant signal from LMC X-3 up to energies of 50keV, the hardest energy at which the object was ever detected. Focusing on LMC X-3, we present results from the first year of an ongoing monitoring campaign with RXTE which started in 1997 January. We show that the appearance of the object changes considerably over its ~200d long cycle. This variability can either be explained by periodic changes in the mass transfer rate or by a precessing accretion disk analogous to Her X-1.
dc.description4 pages, 5 figures, also available at http://aitzu3.ait.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/publications/preprints1998.html to be published in "Highlights of X-Ray Astronomy, a symposium in honour of Joachim Truemper" (B. Aschenbach et al., eds.), MPE Report
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9810077
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9810077
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/13035
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleRXTE Observations of LMC X-1 and LMC X-3
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