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A Good Long Look at the Black Hole Candidates LMC X-1 and LMC X-3

arXiv:astro-ph/0005487 · doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.03984.x

Abstract

We present results from 170ksec long RXTE observations of LMC X-1 and LMC X-3, taken in 1996 December, where their spectra can be described by a disc black body plus an additional soft (Gamma~2.8) high-energy power-law (detected up to 50keV in LMC X-3). These observations, as well as archival ASCA observations, constrain any narrow Fe line present in the spectra to have an equivalent width <90eV, broad lines (~150eV EW, σ~ 1keV) are permitted. We also study the variability of LMC X-1. Its X-ray power spectral density (PSD) is approximately f^{-1} between 10^{-3} and 0.3Hz with a rms variability of ~7%. Above 5keV the PSD shows evidence of a break at f > 0.2Hz, possibly indicating an outer disc radius of ~1000GM/c^2 in this likely wind-fed system. Furthermore, the coherence function between variability in the > 5keV band and variablity in the lower energy bands is extremely low. We discuss the implications of these observations for the mechanisms.

MNRAS, in press, clearified discussion, esp. on Fe line

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