WE WILL ANALYZE DATA FROM SYSTEMATIC MONITORING OBSERVATIONS OF 25 FIELDS IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD (LMC) WITH QUASI-BI-WEEKLY CADENCE. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST DEDICATED X-RAY MONITORING CAMPAIGN OF A LARGE AREA OF THE LMC. WITH THESE OBSERVATIONS WE WILL: (A) IDENTIFY THE ELUSIVE TRANSIENT HIGH-MASS X-RAY BINARY (HMXB) POPULATIONS IN THE LMC; (B) OBTAIN A MORE COMPLETE CENSUS OF ITS HMXB POPULATIONS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER CONSTRAIN THEIR FORMATION EFFICIENCY; (C) CONSTRAIN THEIR ORBITAL PERIODS; (D) IDENTIFY NEW ACCRETING PULSARS. THROUGH THIS CAMPAIGN WE WILL STUDY THE POPULATIONS OF HMXBS IN A GALAXY WITH A METALLICITY BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE SMC AND OUR GALAXY ALLOWING US TO CONSTRAIN MODELS FOR THEIR FORMATION AND EVOLUTION.

Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

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