NICER observation list: Target ID 767601

LMC X-3 is a persistently active black-hole X-ray binary whose behavior more resembles transient BHs than the other persistent black holes. LMC X-3 is nearly always in a disk-dominated soft state, but infrequently will enter a hard state. Crucially, the line-of-sight absorption to LMC X-3, 4e20/cm^2, is an order of magnitude (or more) lower than other Galactic black-hole X-ray binaries. This uniquely low-absorption column allows for an unobscured view of the hard-state's thermal disk, which is key to determining whether the accretion disk extends to the ISCO or is truncated at larger radii in hard states. We propose a 30ks observation of LMC X-3 to be triggered upon the detection of a hard state in LMC X-3.