XMM-Newton Optical Monitor observations of LMC X-3

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2000-10-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0010546v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

accepted for publication in the special XMM-Newton issue of A&AL

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20000065

We study the optical counterpart of the black-hole X-ray binary LMC X-3, by using XMM-Newton/OM observations carried out during a low-hard X-ray state. We derive a better constraint for the temperature, mass and radius of the companion star, and we show that the star is likely to be a ~ B5 subgiant filling its Roche lobe. Taking into account the effect of X-ray irradiation, we suggest a value f_M = (1.5 +/- 0.3) M_sun for the mass function in this system, lower than previously thought; we provide a more accurate lower limit to the mass of the compact object.

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