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Disc precession to explain the superorbital modulation of LMC X-4: results from the <i>Swift</i> monitoring campaign

Disc precession to explain the superorbital modulation of LMC X-4: results from the <i>Swift</i> monitoring campaign

We studied the spectral changes of the high-mass X-ray binary system LMC X-4 to understand the origin and mechanisms beyond its super-orbital modulation (30.4 days). To this aim, we obtained a monitoring campaign with Swift/XRT (0.3-10 keV) and complemented these data with the years-long Swift/BAT survey data (15-60 keV). We …