Discovery of recurring soft-to-hard state transitions in LMC X-3

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 320, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 327-340

  Wilms, J ^a   Nowak, M A ^b   Pottschmidt, K ^a   Heindl, W A ^c   Dove, J B ^b,d   Begelman, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion discs; Binaries: spectroscopic; Black hole physics; Stars: individual: LMC X 1; Stars: individual: LMC X 3; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLES; GRAVITATION; STARS;

ACCRETION: ACCRETION DISKS; BINARIES: SPECTROSCOPIC; BLACK HOLE PHYSICS; COUNT RATES; POWER-LAW; STAR: INDIVIDUAL: LMC X-1; STAR: INDIVIDUAL: LMC X-3; STARS: INDIVIDUAL: PROXIMA CENTAURI; X-RAY:STARS;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 0006251122     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.03983.x     Document Type: Article

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