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A Long Look at LMC X-3

A Long Look at LMC X-3

7/28/00


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A Long Look at LMC X-3

Abstract

LMC X-3 Background

Long-term Periodicities and Accretion Disks

LMC X-3 at a Glance

Excursions: Rational Relations

LMC X-3 Long-Term Excursions

The Method of Close Returns

Time-Frequency Decomposition

Excursions for Phase Space Embedding

Reconstructed Phase Space Orbits

PCA points at LMC X-3 for a week

PCA data: MJD 51155.72 � 51162.0

Data folded on binary phase

Geometric Interpretation(s)

Two-Component Model Fits

Several �Typical� Spectra

PCA Pointings Over Large Flux Range

Power Law

Disk: Black Body

Conclusions

References

Author: Padi Boyd

Email: padi@dragons.gsfc.nasa.gov

Home Page: http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/662/research/

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