FRACTAL ANALYSIS OF X-RAY-EMISSION FROM CENTAURUS X-3 OBSERVED BY GINGA

X-ray time series data from the 4.8-second binary pulsar Cen X-3 obser ved by Ginga were analyzed. We studied the fractal dimension of the X- ray intensity of the total 1.7-37 keV energy band. The fractal dimensi on of the temporal behavior on time scales greater-than-or-equal-to 4. 8 s is comparatively large (less-than-or-equal-to 7). This implies tha t the variability of this source is characterized by perturbations hav ing a small size compared with the system scale. The existence of a lo wer dimensional (large-scale) motion with a time scale of 500 s is sug gested.