A broadband, time-resolved study of the persistent Stellar Mass Black Hole LMC X
Abstract
We propose joint XMM and NuSTAR observations of the stellar mass black hole X-ray binary LMC X-1. These broadband observations will be the first to simultaneously constrain both the soft thermal component from the accretion disk around the black hole and the non-thermal continuum emission that extends into the hard X-ray band. The improved energy resolution of NuSTAR and the overlap between the XMM and NuSTAR bands will improve the measurement of the black hole spin via the broad iron line. The soft thermal component has short timescale (hours) variability of unknown origin; we will improve the temporal resolution of the continuum components by roughly an order of magnitude over previous observations and shed light on the nature of these variations.
- Publication:
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XMM-Newton Proposal
- Pub Date:
- October 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013xmm..prop..110G
- Keywords:
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- White Dwarf Binaries;
- Neutron Star Binaries;
- Cataclysmic Variables;
- ULXs;
- Black Holes;
- LMC X-1