The low-spin black hole in LMC X-3
Building upon a new dynamical model for the X-ray binary LMC X-3, we measure the spin of its black hole (BH) primary via the continuum-fitting method. We consider over one thousand thermal-state Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer X-ray spectra of LMC X-3. Using a large subset of these spectra, we constrain...
Main Authors: | Steiner, James F. (Author), McClintock, Jeffrey E. (Author), Orosz, Jerome A. (Author), Bailyn, Charles D. (Author), Kolehmainen, Mari (Author), Straub, Odele (Author), Remillard, Ronald A (Author) |
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Other Authors: | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Remillard, Ronald Alan (Contributor) |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing,
2015-01-20T17:51:44Z.
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Online Access: | Get fulltext |
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